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A QA conference where over 1,000 testers and assurance professionals including global leaders and QA enthusiasts from across the globe, gather.



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EuroSTAR 2024 will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 2024. Over four days from July 11 to 14, attendees can expect a packed learning schedule, hands-on testing, and valuable networking opportunities within the testing community, revolving around the theme, &#8220;What Are We Doing Here?&#8221;.



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Why love software testing? Hear from the experts

Whenever a new methodology or a new system is introduced, with it &#8211; certain terms and guidelines are introduced too. These terms and guidelines are meant to be followed to ensure maximum output. But during implementation, some of these guidelines might be deemed not-so-important and might not be followed. 



Similar has been the case with Scrum Agile Methodology. Since it was introduced, it has been adopted by a majority of software development teams. But, the catch is that most of them are not following a basic guideline &#8211; the Definition of Done for a feature should also include testing and automation of the feature. 



And just that is the reason why we are laying special emphasis on ‘insprint test automation’. This blog is a special ‘round up’ blog where we asked experts some important questions around ‘insprint test automation and have compiled their answers in the form of a blog here. <gwmw style="display:none;">



We have a detailed ebook that discusses insprint test automation, why it is important in detail! Grab your free copy! <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/ebook/in-sprint-test-automation-simplified" target="_blank">In-sprint test automation simplified! </a>



Now, let’s hear from the experts what they think about in-sprint testing.



<div id="toc_container" class="no_bullets">Table Of Contents<ul class="toc_list"><li><a href="#Brijesh_Deb">1 Brijesh Deb</a></li><li><a href="#Adebayo_aka_Tea_Pot">2 Adebayo aka Tea Pot</a></li><li><a href="#Ajay_Balamurugadas">3 Ajay Balamurugadas</a></li><li><a href="#Nikolay_Advolodkin">4 Nikolay Advolodkin</a></li><li><a href="#Conclusion">5 Conclusion</a></li></ul></div>
<h2 id="brijesh-deb">Brijesh Deb</h2>



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Here&#8217;s what ‘Brijesh Deb, Sr, Test Consultant at Sogeti’ explains: 



Q. How does insprint test automation fit in agile?



Let’s begin with the Agile principles. At any point during a project, working software is the primary measure of success. Now for a piece of software to be working, it is essential that the definition of done is met for all the user stories that have been worked on to build that working piece of software.&nbsp;



Now when we talk about the definition of done, it is incomplete to say that the stories will have development only and will be tested later. In order to meet the definition of done we need to build and test and only then the definition of done is met. So, if you are planning to implement a feature in a sprint, it must be ensured that the feature is built and tested in the same sprint to meet the definition of done and give a sense of in sprint testing.&nbsp;



Q. What would you say about teams that do testing in different sprints or wait till the end of the sprint to start testing?



Often it is seen that testing gets lesser time in a sprint or is done in a different sprint. Both situations are against the ethos of Agile and do not meet the idea of definition of done and give enough confidence to the product.



Testing playing catch up with development is not agile. The best way to deal with this is to involve testers early and ensure that the sprint planning is done keeping in mind the definition of done meaning if a story is a 5 pointer then it must be ensured that the 5 story points are assigned considering the effort needed to build and test the story.&nbsp;



Now let’s look at the other burning topic, automation. Often seen as a mechanism to reduce regression effort, Automation has far greater reach and can be of much more value than mere regression.&nbsp;



Smoke tests, sanity tests and regression tests are easy candidates for automation because they are repeated far too often. But let’s be honest, is that the only premise for automation? What about other tasks that can be automated like test data generation, test reporting? These are essential elements of every project and hence there’s immense value in automating these activities.&nbsp;



Q. Your suggestions on how to implement automation?



Now let’s look at automating the tests. It is of utmost importance to do a thorough feasibility analysis to choose the right tests that can be automated. Then the next important step is to choose the right layer in which the tests will be automated. Automating the tests in the right layer is always a wise choice and the Agile Test Pyramid provides a guideline for the same. With that as the guideline and collaboration with developers, fellow testers, business, PO and stakeholders, easily the right layer for automation can be established.&nbsp;



Once you’ve done that, it is also important to leverage the advantage of insprint automation which gives you feedback much faster and results in a quicker time to market. Note that, in sprint automation should also be a part of the established and agreed definition of done.&nbsp; 



<h2 id="adebayo-aka-tea-pot">Adebayo aka Tea Pot</h2>



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We asked Adebayo aka Tea Pot( Founder, Naija Test Crowd): 



Q. how to make Insprint Test Automation possible and this is what he said: 



“Insprint testing is quite important and should be the default way of working on any Agile methodology but there are a few things that must be done to make this possible:



Not in any particular order: The project must put all their ducks in a row: ensure that everyone understands the strategy, ensure that testers and developers attend scrum meeting where the sprint is the subject, ensure that the scope for each sprint is quite concise and achievable, test cases should be developed same time as the developers are developing the codes for the sprint and the codes should be delivered within time to allow the testers test, where the review of test cases is mandatory, this should be done during development so the test cases are reviewed and ready for execution as soon as the code drops. Also, and equally important, this can be automated as the sprint progresses into another sprint until the end of the project.”



Q. When we asked why he thinks insprint test automation is important he says:



In sprint testing will afford the tester to relate to the development more easily as each test is focussed on the latest release, equally focussed on the latest functionally. Conversation between developer and tester will flow so easily when both are discussing what they are currently doing, instead of what they did or shall be doing in the future. And the automation should probably be as per automation pyramid, with the right amount of overlapping and uniqueness of tests being automated on all the layers.&nbsp;



Q. When we asked him how much time can it take for an organization to fully achieve insprint automation, he says:



Automating the tests within a sprint is not impossible but it does take time to achieve, the process must be well defined and start from the earlier sprints, and everyone must have a very good understanding of the strategy, so all downtime is utilised rather wisely and efficiently too. Test cases that have been reviewed and executed in the previous sprint can be automated as the sprint ends and next sprint is being planned but there must be enough time for the tester to test otherwise, automating the tests is one futile effort that will simply result in a complete waste of time. Subsequent sprints can have the automated test included in execution while also making time to automate tests (reviewed and agreed) for the current sprint.&nbsp;



<h2 id="ajay-balamurugadas">Ajay Balamurugadas</h2>



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<a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/qna-with-ajay-balamurugadas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ajay Balamurugadas</a> points out 3 key principles in the successful execution of insprint testing. 



Effective communication, a common understanding of the goal and lots of collaboration are some of the key principles of in-sprint automation. Now, let’s break them down. 



i. Effective communication:



If you don&#8217;t communicate what you expect from each team, you are most likely not going to get it. 



ii. Common understanding:



All stakeholders should know what is targeted. There is no point testers trying to automate and designers changing the design or functionality changes introduced by the product managers 



iii. Collaboration:



Not an easy task, at the same time, not impossible either. Given the right teams, intent, tools and collaboration, in-sprint automation can be a reality.



<h2 id="nikolay-advolodkin">Nikolay Advolodkin</h2>



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Nikolay Advolodkin, Sr Solutions Architect at Sauce Labs also comments that he believes that testing within sprints is an absolute must. 



The product cannot be deemed finished until it has been tested and we are positive that we are releasing a quality product that works for our end users. Without in-sprint testing, we are risking the end-user experience by creating longer feedback and release cycles.



We agree with him and recommend that testers should keep up with the dev speed, leaving no gap between dev complete and test complete. And of course, when automation comes into the picture &#8211; it becomes crucial to adopt <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/in-sprint-automation/" target="_blank">a tool that enables insprint test automation</a>.&nbsp; 



<h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2>



Of course, just blindly implementing automation won’t ever be enough. Intelligent automation is the way to go where the time and effort is only invested in the automation of tests that need and should be automated. Along with it, to keep the automation current, the automation for the tests corresponding to the development work in the current sprint should be targeted in the same sprint.



 Check out our latest guide on How to begin <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/in-sprint-automation/">in sprint automation</a> for more.

Insprint Test Automation –  Round up

Here&#8217;s a quick QnA session with the one and only witty and sharp, Ajay Balamurugadas.



Ajay is an esteemed speaker, conducts multiple training sessions, learning activities, and testing initiatives. He is always ready to help and suggest thoughtful ideas(no doubt why people call him the &#8220;idea guy&#8221;!) 



Ajay leads delivery at Qapitol QA, a QA services&#8217; company that topped the<a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" GTR Leaderboard (opens in a new tab)" href="https://gtr.agiletestingalliance.org/leaderboard/" target="_blank"> GTR Leaderboard</a>.



Here&#8217;s what we discussed.



Do you have a different strategy for your automation and your testing? Or one strategy to rule them all?



Automation and testing should not be compared. It is like comparing physics and science, baking, and cooking. Automation is part of testing. You need to check if certain things are as expected and a tool can do that faster. That is where automation will help.



There are certainly other areas and aspects of testing where it helps if you have a tester test, explore the application. You choose automation (tools) or humans based on what would help you achieve your mission, save time and cost (in that order most of the time).



How can manual testers and automation engineers complement each other when testing?



We need to first get rid of the terms &#8211; manual and automation engineers/testers. Maybe, let us call everyone testers &#8211; some specializing in functional testing and some good with automation tools.



We should understand the goals of testing &#8211; discover information related to the quality of the product. I recommend everyone read <a href="https://twitter.com/QualityFrog/status/1225540826916368388" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">this thread</a> by Ben Simo where he highlights how automation can help in testing.



What do you think is important for any team that is already working on automation or planning to start?



All the automation that is done should help everyone in the project. Imagine you have built the best scripts but no one is using it, what is the use? So, use automation not to replace testing as some claim, but to enhance the powers of testers



People say they can only know the maintenance cost once they have put the tool to use for some time, what scenarios should we keep in mind to get to know these sooner?



Discuss internally, use the trial version on the real project, ask people who have already used the tool. Do not think short term. See how you would use the tool for your projects in future.Analyze the costs throughout the cycle.



What factors can help a team decide if they are mature enough to adopt automation?



If you answer No to any of the following four questions, I would say &#8211; wait, maybe you are not ready yet.



<ol style="padding-bottom: 30px"><li>Are you and the product, development teams in sync about the release cycles and the changes?</li><li>Does everyone understand the current pain points and feel that automation can help remove the pain points?</li><li>Do you have the buy-in from the management?</li><li>Do the teams have the freedom to choose the tool for automation?</li></ol>



Are there scenarios when automation is not a solution? Can you give us an example?



Any team where automation is done just to prove that people are working on automation, trying to automate everything, automating the incorrect things are all examples where automation is more harmful.



One scenario where I think automation should be used to execute scenarios but used to help in other activities is when the product is undergoing a lot of changes, frequently.



Please do not automate if all the teams are not in sync about the value of automation else you will waste a lot of time and money.



To reduce learning costs, what would you say is better &#8211; a tool that has a good support team or a tool that has a good forum presence?



The ultimate goal should be achieved. The team should be able to learn the tool quickly. It could be through the support team sometimes and sometimes by a good forum presence. My personal preference is the forum presence for open source. Support is not always available and I would learn quicker from someone who has gone through the struggles similar to mine. 



In cases of commercial tools, you can be confident of a better support system that will guide you from onboarding to first tests to solving any problems and helping achieve your goals. With commercial tools, I prefer the support teams. 



It is a new challenge today. When everyone is remote and maintaining quality, how to stay demonstrably productive at this time?



Staying demonstrably productive is a wrong goal to chase. Be productive. That is enough.



At the start of the day, communicate to your team about the tasks you are targeting for the day. If any change in priority is needed, the team will let you know.



At the end of the day, highlight what was achieved and what is the plan for the rest. Do communicate a lot and agree upon catch up times.



Do you have any tips for effective testing at these testing times?



Anytime, everytime, work on your skills and do justice to the CTC you take home.Do not lie to self.



Now we are in 2020, how far have we come in terms of testing? Also, do you think AI is the future of testing?



Patterns repeat. Those days, people were chasing Selenium. Now they are chasing AI. The chase continues. Very few have dedicated their lives to learning testing in depth. AI is the future? Ha, ha. We will test applications based on AI but AI might not be the future so soon. It will take time. The chase will continue for the next big thing. We are forgetting that we are dealing with people at the end of the day and very few can predict what people want.&nbsp; 



At the same time, this is the time where we have so much data and computing power to analyze and predict with reasonable confidence compared to the past. People are already building applications that are heavily powered by AI and testing them brings out interesting challenges for the software testing community.



Let us enjoy the journey!







Check out Ajay&#8217;s latest book at&nbsp;<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://leanpub.com/50mistakes" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.leanpub.com/50mistakes</a>&nbsp;that discusses 50 software testing mistakes of his career and find out more testing resources from him at <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Enjoy Testing</a>.



Ajay is very approachable and always willing to give advice. Hit him up on <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ajay184f">Twitter </a>and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaybalamurugadas/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">LinkedIn</a>.



Thank you Ajay for sharing your thoughts with us 🙂

QnA with Ajay Balamurugadas

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Overcome common Regression Testing challenges and ensure that any change does not impact the quality of the software deliverable. Agile development is acclaimed for delivering working software frequently. Each time it adds or enhances a minor feature that is of value to the customer.



We need to plan our <a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Regression Testing</a> effectively to cater to the changing demands in Agile. Let us start with one of the major Regression Testing challenges.<gwmw style="display:none;">



<div id="toc_container" class="no_bullets">Table Of Contents<ul class="toc_list"><li><a href="#Top_8_Regression_Testing_Challenges">1 Top 8 Regression Testing Challenges</a><ul><li><a href="#1Optimizing_and_selecting_the_right_test_cases">1.1 1.Optimizing and selecting the right test cases</a></li><li><a href="#2Test_Authoring_time">1.2 2.Test Authoring time</a></li><li><a href="#3Close_the_Communication_gap">1.3 3.Close the Communication gap</a></li><li><a href="#4Examine_and_choose_the_right_automation_testing_tools">1.4 4.Examine and choose the right automation testing tools</a></li><li><a href="#5Reduce_the_DevTest_Complete_Gap">1.5 5.Reduce the Dev/Test Complete Gap</a></li><li><a href="#6Build_Automation_In-sprint">1.6 6.Build Automation In-sprint</a></li><li><a href="#7Deal_with_changing_Requirements">1.7 7.Deal with changing Requirements</a></li><li><a href="#8Perform_some_Exploratory_Testing">1.8 8.Perform some Exploratory Testing</a><ul><li><a href="#Sign_up_for_a_free_trial">1.8.1 Sign up for a free trial</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href="#Frequently_Asked_Questions">2 Frequently Asked Questions</a><ul><li><a href="#What_are_the_disadvantages_of_regression_testing">2.1 What are the disadvantages of regression testing?</a></li><li><a href="#How_do_you_overcome_regression_testing_challenges">2.2 How do you overcome regression testing challenges?</a></li><li><a href="#What_are_the_pros_and_cons_of_regression_testing">2.3 What are the pros and cons of regression testing?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#Suggested_Readings">3 Suggested Readings</a></li></ul></div>
<h2 id="top-8-regression-testing-challenges">Top 8 Regression Testing Challenges</h2>



Regression testing ensures that modifications or upgrades to a program or system do not affect previously tested functionality. However, various issues can influence the quality of the testing process, such as the following.<gwmw style="display:none;">



<h3 id="1-optimizing-and-selecting-the-right-test-cases">1.Optimizing and selecting the right test cases</h3>



The test cases affected due to a change may not be the same reason for another. Identifying the relevant affected test cases is a major problem in Regression Testing.



Prioritize test cases affected by a new function addition, update, or edit. Only run these instead of a complete test suite with irrelevant test cases and overloading. Identify the affected regions and analyze how changes, new features, or bug fixes might have impacted existing features and functionalities.



Regularly monitor and perform periodic cleanup to remove obsolete and duplicate test cases from the regression test suites.



If the Automated regression testing is done consistently, it will be easier to optimize and maintain the right test cases.



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<h3 id="2-test-authoring-time">2.Test Authoring time</h3>



It could be challenging to keep up with the pace of delivery in Agile with the huge scripting necessary time to test a simple functionality and rewrite every affected test. Updating and maintaining huge scripts at any time requires understanding the existing code. But one major disadvantage of Selenium is the huge test authoring time required.<gwmw style="display:none;">



Cutting down on the test authoring time allows us to use the full benefits of automating the regression testing process. This is now possible with the advent of Scriptless Automation Testing tools! Now, the tests can be <a href="https://testsigma.com/test-development" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">written using natural language</a>; This makes it easy for anyone to refer to the tests and make changes easily at any time.



Upcoming, you may refer to a more detailed discussion of the features ideal for a scriptless automation testing tool. You might also want to know how Testsigma can be the <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/scriptless-test-automation-tool-why-testsigma/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">best Scriptless Automation Testing Tool</a> and save you time and cost.



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<h3 id="3-close-the-communication-gap">3.Close the Communication gap</h3>



Effective communication forms the basis of the success of Agile. Continuous engagement with the team ensures that the client expectations are met, testers find quick solutions to issues and the deliverables meet customer expectations. Quite often, major issues or bugs are not identified early because the process was not followed and the team failed to communicate with each other.



A useful communication tool that will help understand the status of the project and broadcast changes.



<h3 id="4-examine-and-choose-the-right-automation-testing-tools">4.Examine and choose the right automation testing tools</h3>



We need to choose Automated Regression Testing tools that make the re-editing or rework of Regression Testing easier. You may want to refer this guide to help you <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/how-select-right-automated-regression-testing-tool/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="We need to choose Automated Regression Testing tools that make the re-editing or rework of Regression Testing easier. You may want to refer this guide to help you choose an Automated Regression Testing Tool effectively. (opens in a new tab)">choose an Automated Regression Testing Tool</a> effectively.



Intelligent automated regression testing tools like Testsigma help you create Regression test plans automatically and suggest all affected automated tests and areas so you can spend less time identifying affected areas and advice fixes.



The main challenges with conventional test automation are building a robust and maintainable automation framework and managing the “likely to change” objects and ui-identifiers. The automation testing tool must ensure that the automated tests are reusable and maintainable and non-resistant to changes in the application UI and also ensure that the automated tests remain stable(automatically).



What you can do is get the vendors to demonstrate how implementing their tool will minimize risk and improve the release quality.



Ensuring that a website functions as expected in all major browsers and mobile devices or tablets across different screen resolutions and sizes is challenging for testers in agile projects to manage and run them in parallel. It is particularly daunting to perform Regression Testing across browsers and devices. Managing environment specific datasets and variables that are likely to change in multiple execution environments at each stage like Development, Testing, Staging, Production is also crucial. Check if the automated regression testing tool offer real devices for testing to speed up your run times.



Also, choose an automated regression testing tool that can integrate with tools such as Jenkins, so you can run your regression tests continuously right from the first build incrementally and collate the results on a consistent loop integrated with the testing server which helps in getting actionable feedback allowing dev teams to act on them immediately in contrast to late hitting bugs towards the end of the sprint.



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<h3 id="5-reduce-the-dev-test-complete-gap">5.Reduce the Dev/Test Complete Gap</h3>



Regression tests must be run after every development iteration and after changes are made. The delivery pipeline should trigger regression tests automatically whenever a successful build is made. This results in a shorter feedback loop between developers and testers, leading to faster error identification and fixing. This saves time compared to testing postponed towards the end of the cycle.



<h3 id="6-build-automation-in-sprint">6.Build Automation In-sprint</h3>



Automation usually lags by at least one sprint. Teams take the risk of ignoring regression testing of the new feature at the end of the cycle due to the amount of manual effort and time required to achieve complete test coverage. Instead, the tester can begin building the skeleton of an automated test and fill in the objects/element ui identifiers later when the application UI is available.



Once the UI is close to done, all the participants should be working more closely to complete the UI mapping. This ensures the tests are completely automated along with the development and ready to run through continuous integration.



By the time the code is complete and ready to be committed, there are unit tests, API tests, and a handful of automated UI tests. The feature is all set for automated regression testing and then to move to the production.



Regression testing is now faster and the development flow will be smooth.



<h3 id="7-deal-with-changing-requirements">7.Deal with changing Requirements</h3>



The Agile methodology allows for change in requirements even late in the development. The scrum teams need to be prepared to accept the late change in requirements. When the requirements change, especially towards the end of the sprint and a particular functionality hasn’t been tested well, the team should make informed decisions whether to release the feature or push it to the next sprint based on the criticality of that function/feature. If this is the case, you could do a heads off by performing basic Sanity testing of the changes and not go into deeper levels of testing.



It can also be the case that the user stories/requirements are not recorded appropriately and, the team missed out on critical functionalities. This can also happen as a result of not involving testers in the early planning/designing phases or due to improper documentation.



Many a time, product requirement documents are too often read once and left which isn’t ideal for an Agile process. This creates a challenge for testers because there is a lack of understanding and requirements, so proper test cases can’t be constructed.



<h3 id="8-perform-some-exploratory-testing">8.Perform some Exploratory Testing</h3>



When everything goes fine, you could do some free unrestricted or “not bound by rules” testing with less or no documentation. You can see if you missed out on anything or an unused feature.



It would be wise to set a dedicated time for some exploratory testing complementary to Regression Testing to explore other areas of the software like a real user would.



The purpose of regression testing is to unmask abnormalities, unexpected behavior as a result of change, updates, or re-releases. For this, it is required that every relevant test case that has direct or indirect impact is run within the limited span of time in the sprint.



It is mandatory that a consistent test management and requirement management approach is followed right from the early stages within the automated regression testing tool you choose.



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You may have to run regression tests in parallel to be able to run it more often. With Testsigma, you can schedule your test executions to run periodically without manual intervention sequentially or in parallel any time.



You get detailed reports of your automated regression test executions on multiple device configurations with detailed error logs as to what failed, what tests are affected and why.



Take a look at Testsigma’s approach to Automated Regression Testing with an organized and well managed repository of regression test suites, reusable objects and identifiers.



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<h3 id="what-are-the-disadvantages-of-regression-testing">What are the disadvantages of regression testing?</h3>



One of the major disadvantages is the time and effort necessary to run regression tests, which may be particularly significant in big, sophisticated applications. Additionally, regression testing may not always capture all faults, and it may be impossible to test every scenario fully in some cases.



<h3 id="how-do-you-overcome-regression-testing-challenges">How do you overcome regression testing challenges?</h3>



A well-defined testing strategy and relevant tools and methodologies are necessary to address the obstacles of regression testing. This includes prioritizing test cases based on criticality, maintaining appropriate test data management standards, and employing automated testing technologies to boost productivity and decrease the risk of human mistakes. Testing should be carried out throughout the development lifecycle.



<h3 id="what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-regression-testing">What are the pros and cons of regression testing?</h3>



Regression testing helps verify that previously tested functionality is not impacted by modifications or upgrades. It can detect errors early in the development process and evaluate the program&#8217;s overall quality. The time and effort necessary to run regression tests, the expenses involved with maintaining and upgrading test cases and data, and the chance that it may not identify all flaws are all disadvantages are also a few of the regression testing challenges. The choice to do regression testing should be based on a detailed examination of each project&#8217;s possible advantages and drawbacks.



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<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Regression Testing Guide for Modern Agile Teams</a><gwmw style="display:none;">



<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing/automated-regression-testing">Automated Regression Testing | Low Code</a><gwmw style="display:none;">



<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing/automated-regression-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Regression Test Automation: A Quickstart Guide</a><gwmw style="display:none;">



<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Functional vs Regression Testing: What&#8217;s the difference?</a><gwmw style="display:none;">



<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing/selenium-regression-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Automating Regression Testing with Selenium: All you need to know</a><gwmw style="display:none;">



<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing/regression-testing-framework" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Detailed Guide to Frameworks for Regression Testing</a><gwmw style="display:none;">



<a href="https://testsigma.com/regression-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Agile Team&#8217;s Guide to Regression Testing</a><gwmw style="display:none;">

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Top 8 Automated Regression Testing Challenges in Agile | How to Overcome it?

Why Regression Testing is Important in Agile?

When you have a web dependent business, it is important to make sure that your website runs on every type of environment as intended. And if you also have a mobile dependent business, then you need to ensure that it runs on both web and mobile devices efficiently as desired.



<a href="https://testsigma.com/cross-browser-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">Cross Browser Testing</a> is done to check for application compatibility not just across different browsers but devices, different screen resolutions, and operating systems. This will help expand the business and reach a bigger audience.







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<h3 id="why-cross-browser-testing">Why Cross Browser Testing? </h3>



Applications perform differently for many reasons mainly due to the code interpretation differences of the rendering engines(different browsers compete using different rendering engines and keep updating them to stay ahead of the competition). Developers are compelled to write different code to suit different browsers. 



The primary job of a browser engine is to transform HTML code, CSS and other resources of a web page into an interactive visual representation on a user&#8217;s device.



Chrome that has the largest user activity uses Blink as its rendering engine, Safari uses WebKit, Internet Explorer uses Trident, Firefox uses Gecko and many more. Though each browser follows a <a aria-label="Chrome that has the largest user activity uses Blink as its rendering engine, Safari uses WebKit, Internet Explorer uses Trident, Firefox uses Gecko and many more. Though each browser follows a standard, they are not all the same.
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<h3 id="why-automate-your-cross-browser-testing-in-continuous-delivery">Why automate your Cross Browser Testing in Continuous Delivery? </h3>



With the growing number of devices, ensuring that a feature works in every browser is a must. It is not just sufficient to test an application on a couple of popular browsers and assume it would work on others too. In today’s competitive market, there’s no room to push one’s luck.



It is a must to test on all possible combinations and that’s when <a aria-label="It is a must to test on all possible combinations and that’s when Cross Browser Testing becomes important to meet today’s Agile and Continuous Delivery requirements.
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If you are following Agile and Continuous delivery practices that well suits today’s continuous delivery requirements where the release cycles are very short and often, you cannot afford to test the same functionality over and again manually across different test environments. 



Manual Testing can be a bottleneck eventually which requires tremendous testing effort. To ensure faster, continuous delivery of quality software with lesser ROI payback time, Manual Testing is not enough. Refer to the blog: <a aria-label="Manual Testing can be a bottleneck eventually which requires tremendous testing effort. To ensure faster, continuous delivery of quality software with lesser ROI payback time, Manual Testing is not enough. Refer ‘Is Manual Testing becoming a bottleneck in your Continuous Delivery?’ (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/is-manual-testing-becoming-a-bottleneck-in-continuous-delivery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Is Manual Testing becoming a bottleneck in your Continuous Delivery?</a>







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Hence Automate your Cross Browser Testing. An effective Automated Testing ensures an effective continuous delivery process in Agile. 



Let’s look at a few major benefits of automating testing in Continuous Delivery:



<ul class="list_style_disc"><li>Achieve Quality at Speed</li><li>Continuously integrate and continuously test</li><li>Closely aligned with business requirements</li><li>Quick actionable feedback</li><li>Create automated reusable tests</li><li>Shift Left Testing</li><li>Repetitive testing ensures quality</li><li>Automatically deploy code with confidence</li><li>Faster time to market</li></ul>





We know that with Automated Testing, once the automated test is written, we can re-run the same across many different browser environments effortlessly. Even then there is a retreat in automated testing even today. 



A good automation testing tool with an in-built Test Environment and support for multiple device/OS/browsers and end user devices will ease out this process. 



A good automated Cross Browser Testing tool will help you test an application continuously on multiple browser environments and proceed quickly in the continuous delivery pipeline. 



<h3 id="cloud-based-automated-cross-browser-testing-tools">Cloud based Automated Cross Browser Testing Tools </h3>



Coordinating, maintaining multiple browsers and devices and scaling them depending on project requirements is cost intensive. With cloud based automation testing, you can perform tests on thousands of real devices available on the cloud and automate test flows across varying devices, platforms, browsers and its versions. 



It is easy to optimize applications for each device and its versions with the cloud. Hence Cloud based Automated Cross Browser Testing tools better fit the Continuous Testing requirements. 



Also, builds committed by developers can be continuously tested in parallel on a wide range of browsers available on the cloud which ensures better test coverage in less time and provides <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/importance-actionable-feedback-test-automation-continuous-delivery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Also, builds committed by developers can be continuously tested in parallel on a wide range of browsers available on the cloud which ensures better test coverage in less time and provides quick actionable feedback.
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When software development teams are constantly integrating, the best approach would be Continuous Testing where QA teams can keep up with the constantly changing features, frequent integrations, and fast workflows. If a code is working properly in one browser, it may not render the same in others. It is important that the automated cross browser testing tool continuously verifies every code integrations on multiple browsers to ensure every integration is met with parallel testing across browsers. 



For a detailed article on Continuous Testing and on extending automated testing towards Continuous Testing, refer <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/continuous-testing-at-the-speed-of-agile-and-devops/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Continuous Testing at the Speed of Agile and DevOps</a>.







<h2 id="get-started-with-your-cross-browser-testing-journey">Get started with your Cross-browser testing journey</h2>



Looking for an easy and efficient way to perform cross-browser testing for your web applications? Then look no further than <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/cross-browser-compatibility-testing-what-browsers-you-should-test/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Testsigma</a>. With its automated testing capabilities and extensive device/browser coverage, Testsigma allows you to run your tests across thousands of configurations in parallel, giving you the confidence that your application performs flawlessly on different devices and browsers.



What&#8217;s more, Testsigma integrates seamlessly with popular CI/CD tools, making it the perfect solution for modern software development workflows. Reduce your testing efforts, speed up your release cycles, and deliver quality software to your users faster with Testsigma. Try it out today and experience hassle-free cross-browser testing like never before!





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Why Automate your Cross Browser Testing for Continuous Delivery

Why Automate your Cross Browser Testing in Continuous Delivery

Enterprises are making a bold shift towards testing on the cloud. The benefits are already obvious. An increasing number of organizations are in the process or have plans to move their operations to the cloud in order to benefit from the availability of resources, flexibility in architecture and low costs offered by cloud environments and most importantly, the scalability. 



However, only a few make confident decisions. The major factor that dissuades companies from implementing cloud based services are the concerns over security in the cloud. The right policies and easy Service Level Agreements will enable employees to take advantage of cloud computing without a feel of worry.



<div id="toc_container" class="no_bullets">Table Of Contents<ul class="toc_list"><li><a href="#Why_Cloud_Based_Automation_Testing">1 Why Cloud Based Automation Testing?</a></li><li><a href="#How_does_a_Cloud_based_Automation_Testing_toolnbspincorporate_the_cloud">2 How does a Cloud based Automation Testing tool&nbsp;incorporate the cloud?</a><ul><li><ul><li><a href="#Cloud_is_online">2.0.1 Cloud is online</a></li><li><a href="#Pay_only_as_you_use">2.0.2 Pay only as you use</a></li><li><a href="#Anytime_access">2.0.3 Anytime access</a></li><li><a href="#Shop_your_deviceOS_combinations">2.0.4 Shop your device/OS combinations</a></li><li><a href="#ScalabilityCloud">2.0.5 Scalability=Cloud</a></li><li><a href="#Easy_Collaboration">2.0.6 Easy Collaboration</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href="#Testsigmas_Cloud_Based_Automation_Testing">3 Testsigma’s Cloud Based Automation Testing</a></li></ul></div>
<h2 id="why-cloud-based-automation-testing">Why Cloud Based Automation Testing? </h2>



The most prominent benefit of cloud based automation testing as we discussed is the scalability to run automated tests without having to set up each and every device and testing environments manually. You save a lot of time and effort this way and need not compromise on setting up some devices without limiting the scope of automating the tests to a few devices.



You can run as many tests in parallel and need not wait for one test to complete for the infrastructure to be available. This way you get quick actionable results.



Compared to a traditional on-premises environment, cloud testing offers users pay-per-use pricing and a reduced time-to-market.



 



Let’s look at a few benefits of Cloud based Automation Testing:



<ul class="list_style_disc"><li>Easy provisioning of ready to use test environments. The cloud makes it easy to scale up or down the resources anytime without installation hassles.</li><li> No need to update and maintain the servers as the cloud services provider will take care of this.</li><li>Eliminate resource management and maintenance</li><li>Execute tests on a wide range of device OS combinations</li><li>Cut down on the initial investment in infrastructure</li><li>Curb software licensing and support costs</li><li>Scale application workloads to concurrent users in order to identify performance issues before an application goes live</li><li>Standardization of testing methods across cross-functional teams </li><li>Increases efficiency and team collaboration</li><li>24/7 access to shared resources equally for all ‘anytime, anywhere’</li><li>Pay per service on your usage minutes</li><li>Lets you started with automation testing without any delay with the test automation ecosystem of all essentials to get started with testing</li></ul>



<h2 id="how-does-a-cloud-based-automation-testing-tool-incorporate-the-cloud">How does a <a aria-label="How does a Cloud based Automation Testing tool&nbsp;incorporate the cloud?
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<h4 id="cloud-is-online">Cloud is online</h4>



The cloud is an autonomous system that shares all testing resources alike for every tester and does not impact the speed due to sharing. There is no installation required to use the cloud. You just need to sign in to start testing. Conventional automation testing tools require a lot of effort and time to set this <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/essential-elements-of-test-automation/">ecosystem </a>for testing. Having to set it up for everyone in the team,outright, require huge initial investments. The cloud is accessible to all spread across different regions.<gwmw style="display:none;">



<h4 id="pay-only-as-you-use">Pay only as you use</h4>



Cloud provides unlimited storage, you only need to pay for what you use and in some cases, depending on how long you use. 



<h4 id="anytime-access">Anytime access</h4>



The resources needed for testing is available 24/7 and can be accessed from anywhere irrespective of the geographical location. Thus it becomes easy to build the software and run tests anytime, anywhere.



<h4 id="shop-your-device-os-combinations">Shop your device/OS combinations</h4>



Pick your Device/OS/Browser test environment combinations to test your application and only pay for the resources you use. There’s no installation hassle! One can test how an application performs on multiple combinations and varying screen resolutions be it a Web, Mobile or a Web services application.



<h4 id="scalability-cloud">Scalability=Cloud </h4>



For faster feedback, you may need to run tests on multiple devices at a time and this may not be the same case always. Many times you need only a few resources for basic testing.



With cloud, you can add or remove the number of test environments based on your testing requirements at any time since the infrastructure is virtual with a few changes in configuration from the cloud vendor’s side.



<h4 id="easy-collaboration">Easy Collaboration</h4>



The Cloud enables geographically spread teams to work on a project at once. A similar example would be the editing of Google Docs. This allows for easy sharing of common repositories and reusable data, to communicate the progress and uncertainties easier and faster.



<h2 id="testsigma-s-cloud-based-automation-testing">Testsigma’s Cloud Based Automation Testing</h2>



A SaaS Cloud based automation testing tool, <a aria-label="A SaaS Cloud based automation testing tool, Testsigma implements all the benefits of Cloud to meet the Continuous Delivery demands of today including Test Parallelization, Cross Device/Browser/OS testing, Shift Left Approach to Automation with the help of cloud, Access to thousands of test environments and platforms, Cloud run reports, Easy collaboration, hassle-free approach to automation and more. (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Testsigma </a>implements all the <a aria-label="A SaaS Cloud based automation testing tool, Testsigma implements all the benefits of Cloud to meet the Continuous Delivery demands of today including Test Parallelization, Cross Device/Browser/OS testing, Shift Left Approach to Automation Testing with the help of cloud, Access to thousands of test environments and platforms, Cloud run reports, Easy collaboration, hassle-free approach to automation and more. (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/best-cloud-based-test-automation-tool-continuous-delivery-demands/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">benefits of Cloud to meet the Continuous Delivery demands of today</a> including Test Parallelization, Cross Device/Browser/OS testing, <a aria-label="A SaaS Cloud based automation testing tool, Testsigma implements all the benefits of Cloud to meet the Continuous Delivery demands of today including Test Parallelization, Cross Device/Browser/OS testing, Shift Left Approach to Automation Testing with the help of cloud, Access to thousands of test environments and platforms, Cloud run reports, Easy collaboration, hassle-free approach to automation and more. (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/test-automation-tool-ready-for-shift-left/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shift Left Approach to Automation Testing</a> with the help of cloud, Access to thousands of test environments and platforms, Cloud run reports, Easy collaboration, hassle-free approach to automation and more. 



Enterprises that execute tests as part of continuous delivery pipelines would find this effective as the results would be quick with better test coverage and easier it would be to troubleshoot.



Testsigma offers easy integrations with Jira and Github and also allows for easy collaboration with tools like Slack. 



Coordinating, Maintaining and Scaling build deployments incrementally can eventually become overwhelming and is cost-intensive. Hence, testing on the cloud is an ideal solution. With Testsigma, you can perform tests on thousands of real devices available on the cloud. You can set up test environments tailored to your needs. New devices are added to the device cloud as they appear on the market.&nbsp;







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Testsigma does not just offer cloud based automation testing but allows you to set up your tests on hybrid environments with a one-time Agent installation after which the Agent updates automatically. 



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