Steps to choose automation tool for a Project

Today, we are using Mobile Applications to access any amount of information such as getting directions to a restaurant, and booking tickets for travelling or even order a cab service using mobile apps. So, while increasing demand for mobile applications, there is shifting from desktops to smart phones.

However nowadays Smartphone’s having different features and specifications are increased daily so, there is many challenges to the testers. So, now am writing this article for the purpose of finding best automation tool to test Mobile applications.

Automation tool:-

Testing team test the application number of times. To reduce the regression testing process we use automation tools. Mainly automation is used for regression testing. By using automation tools, save the project budget, productive efforts etc. But first you need to think automation is needed for your project.

Before finding an automation tool for a project, three points must be remember

1.       Automation doesn’t start at the beginning of the project. First prefer manual testing then prefer automation.

2.       Don’t go for the option automation at peak times like at the end of the project.

3.      Everything can’t do using automation, so few situations done through manual testing.

Application type:-

 First we want to know about which technology is using in application and if its supports automation tool.

Choose a Licensed or an open source tool:-

There are many tools available in market. All Advanced Features like scripting, support etc will be available for licensed tools. Lot of R&D is needed for open source tools and tools does not support advanced functionalities and also no support for Open Source tools.

QA Team with available automation skills set: - Whether we need to know about available team with any tester has background automation skills. As it save time and production hours which will spend either hiring new QA or available QA team learning new tools.

Reusable Scripts:-

Today in Market there are various solutions that claim to meet the requirements, Test Scripts should be reused across the various devices running on same OS irrespective of Versions.

Physical Devices and Emulators/Simulators Support:-

Automated script should be able to run and record scripts across physical devices as well as emulators/ simulators.

Web Application Support:-

Nowadays Hybrid and web based apps are becoming more popular then native applications. Hybrid apps, web based apps and native apps have their own advantages and disadvantages to the developer and also to the testers and users. Before selecting the tool, the tester should ensure that it support all types of apps.

Test can’t fail due to interruption:-

Testers should ensure that the automation tool doesn’t get affected by the various interruptions and it should be able to resume once the interruption is over. Common interruptions such as phone calls and messages shouldn’t cause the test to fail.

Is Integrate with Performance tool:-

Poor performance of the application can affect the revenue so, testers should ensure that the automation tool can be integrated with other performance testing tool. Otherwise the solutions should be able to measure the performance of RAM disk, battery and the CPU.