Agile development and test automation
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Most development is moving the agile way, when it comes to product development and it does make sense. Considering the previous statement is true, you have to be wary about the automation tool that you use, for most traditional tools would fail in an agile environment. Some of the reasons are, you cannot test last in an agile environment; scripts developed using proprietary tool vendor languages become unmaintainable; and installing them on every workstation becomes prohibitively expensive.
The way traditional test automation works, it just cannot support agile development. Take for instance the workflow - developers develop the code, test analysts design the … Continue Reading