Chapter
7
AutomAted
t
esting
(B) What are good candidates for automation
in testing?
or
(B) does automation replace manual testing?
Automation is the integration of testing tools into the test environment in such
a manner that the test execution, logging, and comparison of results are done
with little human intervention. A testing tool is a software application which
helps automate the testing process. But the testing tool is not the complete
answer for automation. One of the huge mistakes done in testing automation is
automating the wrong things during development. Many testers learn the hard
way that everything cannot be automated. The best
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