Script-less Automation An Approach to shift left
                     
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Script-less Automation: 
An Approach to 
Shift-Left


In recent years, there were several changes in the world of 
technology. The same has happened in the software testing 
world where Test Automation has evolved to facilitate rapid 
software releases at the highest quality. 

Automation has always been interesting, as it reduces the 
mundane testing efforts and accelerates the testing process. 

These days, almost every organization is automating test 
cases. However, the ROI is not always well anticipated. 

Often, the tools are blamed for the negative ROI, yet the real 
reason associated with failed test automation are the long 
hours required to create the test automation suite, the need 
for specialized development resources, the difficulty of 
scripting and maintenance, the lack of test data management 
strategy, and a lack of involvement of the subject matter 
experts.


Challenges Involved with Test Automation
Traditional test automation techniques sometimes turn out to be ineffective in meeting the business 
demands of rapid application delivery and quicker time-to-market, resulting in a new set of challenges. 
Here are some of the main challenges.

1. Lack Of Quicker Feedback: 

In traditional QA methods, the scripts are 
developed only after the application is built and 
stabilized. Early feedback, which is essential for the 
reduction of the cost of quality in Agile 
development, is thus rarely available.


2. Substantial Upfront Investment

Large upfront investments are needed due to 
complex scripting environments and tools, also 
large investments are needed for test 
infrastructure, and hiring and training of skilled 
resources.


3. Maintenance Issues:

Considering that development teams are 
increasingly reliant on process automation, 
automation components need to transform 
regularly and consistently in response to changes in 
the application under test. The subsequent 
expenses arising in maintaining these scripts take 
away the advantages that automation can bring.


4. Minimum Stakeholder Contribution:

In conclusion, the key holdups in adopting traditional QA 
methods are the issues faced by functional and business 
teams in understanding automation scripts. Extra effort is 
required to make them available to non-technical users, 
leading to reduced collaboration between the functional 
specialists and automation teams.


One of the solutions to maximize the scalability of test 
automation is scriptless test automation.  Scriptless test 
automation enables the testers and business users to automate 
test cases without worrying about the coding. It helps to achieve 
faster results and reduces the time expended to understand the 
code.

A catalyst between business analysts and technical experts: The 
scriptless nature of the tests enables the participation of 
business users and serves as a facilitator for communication 
between business analysts and technical experts. It becomes 
easier for the business analysts and functional experts to 
converse and review test cases.


Reduces Time To Automate Efficiently: 

The quicker you automate, the earlier you get the desired 
results. Using scriptless automation, the testing team can 
automate large test suites rapidly. 

The speed of delivery, as well as the go-to-market time, 
improves rapidly. Besides this, it decreases the time spent on 
automation. This ensures early detection of bugs during the 
software development lifecycle.


Eradicates Technical Obligation: 

Integrating smarter framework design upfront can eradicate the 
future costs that arise from augmented script maintenance 
effort. The technical obligation associated with scripts is 
therefore eliminated.

Quicker Script Design And 
Development: 

A simple and non-complex test design and development 
process, along with the instinctive user interface, empowers 
the quicker development of tests.


Conclusion

Scriptless automation is an eccentric testing approach that brings exceptional benefits, such as quality and 
cost savings, at the initiation of the development phase. This process makes automation simpler and easier, 
and also allows stakeholders to play an active role during the test automation process. 

Testers are able to focus on their chief objectives, rather than developing a framework which simply enables 
quicker testing. Scriptless test automation is, hence, a perfect solution to shift-left which caters to the needs 
and requirements of Agile testing. 

TestingXperts’ profound knowledge and ability to perform scriptless automation has delivered significant 
savings in the cost and effort of test design and maintenance for our clients. TestingXperts have achieved a 
substantial reduction in test design and maintenance efforts that resulted in enhanced quality and provided 
quicker feedback from automated testing. 

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