Automation Testing vs Manual Testing
Developers should learn automation testing to enhance software quality and accelerate release cycles, particularly for regression testing, performance testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines meets developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical. Here's our take.
Automation Testing
Developers should learn automation testing to enhance software quality and accelerate release cycles, particularly for regression testing, performance testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Automation Testing
Nice PickDevelopers should learn automation testing to enhance software quality and accelerate release cycles, particularly for regression testing, performance testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Pros
- +It is essential for projects with frequent code changes, large test suites, or repetitive testing scenarios, such as web applications, APIs, and mobile apps, where manual testing becomes time-consuming and error-prone
- +Related to: selenium, junit
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Manual Testing
Developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical
Pros
- +It's particularly valuable for usability testing, ad-hoc bug hunting, and validating new features before investing in automation scripts, helping ensure software meets real-world expectations and reducing post-release issues
- +Related to: test-planning, bug-reporting
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Automation Testing if: You want it is essential for projects with frequent code changes, large test suites, or repetitive testing scenarios, such as web applications, apis, and mobile apps, where manual testing becomes time-consuming and error-prone and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Manual Testing if: You prioritize it's particularly valuable for usability testing, ad-hoc bug hunting, and validating new features before investing in automation scripts, helping ensure software meets real-world expectations and reducing post-release issues over what Automation Testing offers.
Developers should learn automation testing to enhance software quality and accelerate release cycles, particularly for regression testing, performance testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
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