Given the fast-pace of modern Software Development approaches such as Agile, Scrum and Extreme Programming that demands short and frequent software Product Release Cycles (weekly and even daily builds), it is hard to rely on manual test practices alone to ensure that your product works as intended before deployment. Test automation is apparently the best bet for software testing, mainly regression testing, but the development of a test automation framework is time-intensive to implement and difficult to maintain. An effective test automation tool that is both easy to maintain and quick to implement would make the testing process effortless and help deliver a quality product.
Manual Tester + Code-less Test Automation = Better Product
Although the process of Software Testing pans backward in time to the 1970s, the term 'Software Testing' exclusively meant Test Practices that relied on Manual Test Execution until Automated Testing Tools became prevalent in recent times. The majority of manual Testers in the industry have a rich experience working on variety of software products. However, it is time to shift to Automated Testing practises and majority of the manual testers are not quite intrigued by scripting or programming.
One of the major barriers for the manual testers to switch to the test automation is the need to learn scripting or coding. So what if there's an alternative that allows to tap into the diverse experience of manual testers in creating effective Test Cases without going through the steep learning curve for programming?
This is where the Test Automation Tools becomes significant.
Modern automated Testing tools like Testsigma allows us to create entire Test Suites containing hundreds of Test Cases without writing a single line of code. It is a SaaS test automation software on the cloud for web and mobile applications that employs a shift-left approach to achieve continuous testing. It is one among the top alternatives to Selenium if you are looking to perform Test Automation.
So without further delay, let’s see how testing of a simple web application can be automated with Testsigma. We shall take an account login scenario using OrangeHRM (an HR and Leave Management application).
Web Application Automated Testing using Testsigma
When an account is created in Testsigma Tool for the first time, a default project named “Testsigma” will already be available that contains a Test Application, an Application Version, a few Test Cases with some Test Steps.
Let's start by creating a test case directly under the Testsigma project that is already available.
Click on "+ Test Cases" link on the homepage to open the "Create Test Case" page.
In the intermediate page that opens up, select one of the pre-created Applications, Versions, and Requirements from the list. Now you will be taken to the second Create Test Case page.
Choose Automated since we are going to create an automated Test Case.
Enter the name of the Test Case with relevant details, choose the Status as Ready (for execution) and click Create.
You can add automated Test Steps from the Test Case details page that opens up. To add a Test Step, Click on "Create Test Step." The Test Step creation wizard opens up.
Testsigma uses simple English sentences or Natural Language statements to write automated tests without programming even a single line of code. Based on the action you wish to perform, you can start creating your test in simple natural language.
