Does that mean all functional tests can be automated? And then manual testers should still know the software specifications but still able to proivde feedback in terms of usability?
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I'm of the opinion that all functional tests can be automated. Some are obviously going to be harder, especially ones dependent on third party APIs. Mocking these out can be somewhat challenging depending on the workflow. Oauth logins come to mind. APIs with very large payloads are another case.
But I think with some time and thought, any test can be automated and it is worth putting the time to do it. I went months without tests around code that interacted with the Gmail API. The return payloads were simply too large to put nicely into a unit test. But it was also extremely tedious testing against it manually. So I just started dumping those payloads into files and built integration tests to load those files. In the past 3 months, I've probably saved myself over a hundred hours of testing and it cost me 10-15 hours of automation work.
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Does that mean all functional tests can be automated? And then manual testers should still know the software specifications but still able to proivde feedback in terms of usability?
I'm of the opinion that all functional tests can be automated. Some are obviously going to be harder, especially ones dependent on third party APIs. Mocking these out can be somewhat challenging depending on the workflow. Oauth logins come to mind. APIs with very large payloads are another case.
But I think with some time and thought, any test can be automated and it is worth putting the time to do it. I went months without tests around code that interacted with the Gmail API. The return payloads were simply too large to put nicely into a unit test. But it was also extremely tedious testing against it manually. So I just started dumping those payloads into files and built integration tests to load those files. In the past 3 months, I've probably saved myself over a hundred hours of testing and it cost me 10-15 hours of automation work.