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  The strategic need to automate regression testing: In many business scenarios, cost and time constraints are faced by organizations due to high-end software development and testing activities. This is because the mobile/web applications need to be thoroughly tested before they are released. When software goes through many changes for a release, there is a possibility for regressions (bugs found in the previous working functionality) to occur. When the functionalities of a software product have regressions then it may scale up the development costs and affect the software release deadlines. For this purpose, regression testing is conducted. But, when regression testing is conducted manually by the team, it consumes a lot of time. Hence, there is a need to automate regression testing.  When regression test cases are automated, the tester's time is saved from checking for regressions that have occurred due to the updates and changes that have been made in the application. Those...

Sanity testing and regression testing play a crucial role in the software development and testing process. However, sanity testing is a subset of regression testing and is aligned with smoke testing.  Only after the software build passes the sanity testing process can the regression testing process be initiated, which means regression testing is performed after sanity testing.  The basic functionality of a new software build that has been developed or modified is verified through the sanity testing process and tested accordingly.  When the software build is passed on to the regression testing process after the sanity testing has been done, the chances of fixing errors/issues/bugs will be quite low. In this article, you will get to know the relation between sanity testing and regression testing and their significance in the software development and testing process. What is sanity testing? It is a testing method wherein a software product is verified to know whether the pr...

 What is regression testing? It is a testing method that makes sure that the existing functionalities of the application are working as expected, despite new changes or updates being introduced in the code.  Whenever a new functionality is being incorporated into the application by a developer, soon after, the regression test is initiated by the tester. Following are a few key points that depict the purpose of conducting regression testing: 1. Risks are mitigated: Risks related to changes are identified and mitigated by the regression testing process. Performance degradation, system failures or unexpected issues are prevented, which might otherwise impact user satisfaction and business-related functionalities. 2. Stability is ensured: Regression testing ensures that the software's existing functionalities remain intact despite changes being made to the software product or application. Any unexpected issues or behavior can be detected, which would otherwise impact user experi...