Manual Testing Training in Coimbatore

Why Manual Testing Is Important — Benefits Of Manual Testing

Manual testing, as the name suggests, is the method of executing the test cases and differentiating the actual results to the expected results. Test cases are executed manually by a human eye without any support from tools or scripts.It is done to find the bugs in software under development. It is a classical method of all testing types and helps find.

Benefits Of Manual Testing

• Manual testing can be done on all kinds of applications
• It is preferable for short life cycle products
• Newly designed test cases should be executed manually
• Application must be tested manually before it is automated
• It is preferred in the projects where the requirements change frequently and for the products where the GUI changes constantly
• It is cheaper in terms of initial investment compared to Automation testing
• It requires less time and expense to begin productive manual testing
• It allows tester to perform adhoc testing
• There is no necessity to the tester to have knowledge on Automation Tools.

Why Manual Testing Is Still Very Important

Every day, we see hundreds of new apps and products out in the market. A lot of testing takes place before they are released to the public. Automated testing can speed up the process and is often seen as a replacement for manual testing. However, manual testing still has a critical role in the QA process.
By dedicating your QA resources to only one of these approaches, you’ll miss many opportunities to improve quality. Using manual and automated testing together will lead to a higher quality, more stable product.

1. Manually Testing Tests From a Human Perspective

• Human testers can quickly identify when something looks “off.” Automated test scripts don’t pick up these visual issues.
• When a tester interacts with software as a user would, they’re able to discover usability issues and user interface glitches. Automated test scripts can’t test for these things.

2. Exploratory Testing Can Only Be Done Manually

• Automated tests only perform the actions that you tell them to.
• They require planning and preparation to write, which restricts the test to certain boundaries.
• These boundaries mean there isn’t any room to stray from the written test to truly “explore” the application.
• Exploratory testing (or ad hoc testing) gives us the opportunity to answer questions like, “what happens if I do this?” It enables us to carve our own path throughout the test with little to no boundaries.

3. Automated Tests Can Contain Errors and Holes

• Just like code can have bugs, automated test scripts can also have bugs.
• This means that automated testing has the potential to report false positives and false negatives.
• By including a human touch throughout the testing process, these errors are avoided.

4. Some Scenarios Are Not Technically Feasible to Automate or Cost Too Much

• Let’s take, for example, an iPad app that relies heavily on tap gestures.
• Automating the “tap” can not only be costly but also may not be the most accurate test compared to a human’s finger touching the user interface.
• It often makes more sense to manually test certain features.
• By the time you find a resource to write an automated test, a manual test could be completed with bugs already fixed. Sometimes, it makes more sense to just go the “manual” route.

5. Manual Testing Helps Us Understand the Whole Problem

• Over time, automated testing can save time.
• It is great for getting quick results on a broad level, but manual testing allows us to understand the problem on aconceptual and emotional level.
• It connects us with the end-user and introduces us to a level of empathy automated testing doesn’t provide.