Wednesday 24 June 2015

What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Using the Testing Tools?

Testing- An integral part of Software development life cycle: Before the software developer or web developer writes a single line of code on the IDE he is aware of the flow and background process of the application. Hence the developer never finds it difficult while browsing the application as an end user. But, the situation gets reversed when it comes to face the practical environment where the end user doesn’t possess single information about the background processes. Hence he may face difficulty while browsing the application. To avoid this, testers play the role of an intermediate between the end user and the developer. He tests the application as an end user and gives the feedback to the software developer to enhance the quality of the application and user experience. Moreover, he tests each and every module of the application with proper care to avoid if any loop hole still present in the application. Hence the job of a tester starts with the day one of the project and ends with the end product. So we can’t ignore the importance of testers and testing approach in any application development.

software testing consulting services, outsource software testing, Risk-Free trial offerWhy testing tools: Industry demands quality, reliability and productivity; hence the born of automation testing tools. Automation testing tools change the face of testing methodologies in the industry. It becomes a necessity while dealing with complex and large projects. It helps in decreasing in effort while increasing the productivity of the software company. The tester needs to have some knowledge of scripting languages like VB script for QTP automation testing and other programming language knowledge for Selenium automation testing tool. The best part is through automation testing tool we can prevent the human errors which is a common disadvantage of any manual testing process. Moreover, with proper use of test cases we can avoid the unnecessary effort and headache for similar modules in the application.

Advantages of testing tools: As discussed above testing tools can decrease the human effort in a magical way by improving the productivity of the tester. Moreover, it helps in handling complicated projects in a simple manner. The reusability concept of automation testing tools makes it a perfect combination of efficiency and accuracy in the industry. Hence there is a terrific demand of automation testing tools and testers in the upcoming industry. Last but not the least, automation testing tools can help you in testing an application for multiple platforms like operating systems and form factors of the device. Hence we can say it is a future ready testing tool for the industry.

Every advantage comes at the cost of some disadvantages: Well we can’t call it as a disadvantage but of course it is somewhat related to that. In fact it is the responsibility of the automation tester who needs to handle the tool in proper way. Because a single mistake during the development of test cases can lead to a fatal situation for the application. It may crash the entire software application if not handled with proper care. So, we can say every advantage comes at the cost of responsibility and we have to accept it. Besides, it also hampers the industry by decreasing the need of man force and hence increasing the unemployment. But again if we need quality then we can’t survive with unskilled labour. So we have to take this in a positive mood.

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  1. This post is tremendous covering all advantages & disadvantages of testing tools. I have bookmarked this post , i work at software testing Company and this post can be referred.

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