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Automated testing. When to use it, and what are the pros and cons?

Automated testing. When to use it, and what are the pros and cons?
Opt for automated testing if you want to:
✏️Optimize speed and efficiency of the testing process.
✏️Reduce and speed up regression testing.
✏️Automate complex test cases.
✏️Check the functionality with numerous data sets.

Pros of automated testing:
↗️Mitigated risks connected to the human factor.
↗️Reusability of test scripts.
↗️Reduced feedback cycle.
↗️More accurate and consistent results.
↗️Broader test coverage and faster testing cycle.

Cons of automated testing:
↘️Significant time and money investments.
↘️It may be difficult to get insight into visual aspects.
↘️Costly tests maintenance and tricky test scripts debugging.
↘️Test tools selection. As you may know, automation testing tools can be expensive and have their limitations able to reduce the scope of automation.

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