Different Types of Automation for Web Application Testing

Different Types of Automation for Web Application Testing
Johannes Dienst
January 3, 2023
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Different Types of Automation for Web Application Testing

We are living in the tech era, and we are dependent on many web applications. The best testing efforts are required to create a quality and efficient web application. Testing web applications is altogether a tedious task, and it also consumes time. 

It is important to adopt automation testing to reduce such efforts, as it saves a lot of time and effort for the testing team. Testers can pay attention to more human perspective-related tasks and can leave repetitive tasks to automation.

Geolocation testing

Geolocation testing is the process of testing an application in different geographic locations. It is not just about dividing the world into zones. Many things remain the same, but many things also change. Data protection laws for example are not uniform worldwide, and as web developers, we must guarantee that we follow them so that our client does not face legal issues.

  • Getting location information

We can access the device’s Geolocation to use directly with our program, such as Google Maps, or to fetch results based on the device’s location.

  • Using content distribution laws to display results

Several countries prohibit particular types of content from being shown in their country, such as goldfish in a large glass bowl in Italy. Whatever content you display, whether videos, photos, or any other eCommerce item, must comply with national regulations.

  • Customizing ads

Figuring out whether or not we’re providing advertising based on the region. Today’s advertisements are a multibillion-dollar industry, and getting them right is crucial.

Data-driven automation testing

Data-driven testing separates your functional and non-functional tests from the test data. The tests have to be parameterized and the test data is usually stored in table format. The same test is run with each dataset from the table. Thus the test coverage of one test can be higher with lower effort.

Regression testing

Making sure already delivered functionality and the UI layout does not break with a new release is vital. Regression testing is running functional and non-functional tests again after a change was made to an application.

Cross-browser testing

Cross-Browser testing tries to make sure that the UI of an application stays consistent and bug free over an acceptable number of browsers. It usually means using emulators, virtual machines or device farms for different operating systems and browser versions.

Stress and load testing

Stress and load testing puts an application under a deliberately intense and/or thorough test to see where the limits of it are performance wise. The efforts for this kind of testing are normally high and must use automation to succeed in creating enough stress on the application under test.

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