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Automated Testing Manual Testing: Advantages

The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of automated and manual testing. Automated testing allows tests to be run repeatedly and regressions to be run quickly on changing code, but it is more expensive to set up and not everything can be automated. Manual testing is less expensive initially but tests take more time and effort to rerun for each release. The document concludes that whether to automate or use manual testing depends on factors like the test tools, team's skills, software growth, and number of regressions required.

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Automated Testing Manual Testing: Advantages

The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of automated and manual testing. Automated testing allows tests to be run repeatedly and regressions to be run quickly on changing code, but it is more expensive to set up and not everything can be automated. Manual testing is less expensive initially but tests take more time and effort to rerun for each release. The document concludes that whether to automate or use manual testing depends on factors like the test tools, team's skills, software growth, and number of regressions required.

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Not all tests can be automated and most times is difficult to decide what to automate and what to manually

test. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of both methods.

ADVANTAGES Automated Testing If you have to run a set of tests repeatedly automation is a huge gain Manual Testing If Test Cases have to be run a small number of times it's more likely to perform manual testing

Helps performing "compatibility It allows the tester to perform more testing" - testing the software on ad-hoc (random testing) different configurations It gives you the ability to run automation scenariosto perform Short term costs are reduced regressions in a shorter time It gives you the ability to run The more time tester spends testing a regressions on a code that is continously module the grater the odds to find real changing user bugs Can be run simultaneously on different machines thus decreasing testing time Long term costs are reduced DISADVANTAGES Automated Testing Manual Testing It's more expensive to automate. Manual tests can be very time Initial investments are bigger than consuming manual testing You cannot automate everything, For every release you must rerun the some tests still have to be done same set of tests which can be tiresome manually OTHER FACTORS The performance of yout test tools The knowledge level of your testing team The continous growth of software to be tested Number of necessary regressions

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