tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post6898426265137140752..comments2024-03-22T14:23:37.631+00:00Comments on Hiccupps: Test Automation is not Automated TestingJames Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185262890702402757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post-60826701479357063932014-11-06T20:38:37.093+00:002014-11-06T20:38:37.093+00:00"Test automation is the use of automation to ..."Test automation is the use of automation to support testing", -- I concur!!!Freddy Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333087300765042100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post-13568960712875381982014-03-26T18:09:59.108+00:002014-03-26T18:09:59.108+00:00Really Wonderful Article. Thank you so much.
Reg...Really Wonderful Article. Thank you so much. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.agnisys.com/tag/register-generator/" rel="nofollow">Register Generator</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282344635860081375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post-39642519124224470122013-04-15T06:08:13.526+01:002013-04-15T06:08:13.526+01:00Hi Michael,
I'd generally agree, but the posi...Hi Michael,<br /><br />I'd generally agree, but the positive restatements of your "Test automation is any use of tools to support testing" that I attempted felt more like definitions to me (example: "Test automation is the use of automation to support testing") and, while removing the mention of tools that I think weakens it, also lost the element of (thought) provocation that you were aiming for.<br /><br />You're right that there is an infinity of things that test automation might not be. But there is a much smaller set of things that could naively appear to be synonymous with it. In this case, I've made a deliberate choice to to refute an apparent (or at least potential) tautology to hopefully prompt deeper consideration. My hope is that that it would raise questions like: Really, why not? How is test automation defined? How is automated testing defined? Where do these two concepts overlap, if at all? <br />James Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185262890702402757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post-45729297073047759202013-04-14T13:25:24.435+01:002013-04-14T13:25:24.435+01:00I'd encourage you to think of something from a...I'd encourage you to think of something from a positive angle. It's more helpful, I've found, to describe something in terms of what it is, rather than what it is not. The latter is an infinite set. Test automation is not automated testing, true—but test automation is not a recipe for borscht, either.Michael Bolton http://www.developsense.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027725699187903416noreply@blogger.com