why automation?

Introduction

The term “testing automation” seems to be used everywhere today. Even though, why is it so important? What are the benefits to have fully functional automation tests? What is a nightly build? In this short article, I hope to convince you about the importance of testing automation and give you a glimpse into the testing automation world. As well, I will discuss in the boundaries and limitation of the automated testing

Automation as a myth

Basically, in every company I’ve worked for, there was a person who took responsibility to build a fully functional automation project with various tools and nightly builds. Unfortunately, from my experience, most of these bold attempts tend to fail. So why they’re failing time after time? read more...