Chapter 8. The Control Synchronized Data-Driven Testing Framework in Depth

An individual educated in testing methods, who understands the needs of the targeted users and has an in-depth knowledge of the application to be tested, is the best by far at performing software testing. This person would perform these tests in a manual fashion observing every nuance of the system as it is put through its paces.

This level of manual testing is very time consuming and thus very expensive. Unfortunately, in today's rapid application development (RAD) environments, time and expense are the critical factors. Automated testing, although no faster and definitely more expensive to develop up front than manual testing, pays off in the speed of execution with ...

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