Automated Testing - A Literature Review
Sarathy Venkatakrishnan, G Chethana · Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research · 2020
The drive for automation is at the forefront of recent revolutionary changes in industries, with more and more corporations realizing the enormous benefits associated with automating the process in their factories or equivalent production units. Though the competitive advantage obtained from reducing human effort in repetitive tasks is well appreciated, many resource managers hold the view that the initial cost of automating a division is too high a risk to take in comparison to the possible rewards from doing so. Hence work in the domain remains impeded to a large extent, with most corporate entities preferring the more straightforward option of assigning testing duties to company employees. This work aims to provide a comprehensive review of the major steps taken in recent years in the field of automation, focusing specifically on the advancements and proposals in the field of automated testing in the software domain. Multiple works in progress and standards for automation specifications are discussed at length in accordance with the scale of the contribution to the field. The pros and cons of automation in the software testing domain are elucidated, showing that the implementation of automation schemes with sufficient prior analysis really do yield large payoffs.