A few years back, most of the testing cycles were performed by replicating the ideal testing environment. And to complete the testing, engineers used to require many manual UI tests following test scripts. But it was very time taking, and time-to-market was often affected by this.
But now, companies are working with rapid development models and follow short release cycles. Companies have also replaced the conventional methods of manual testing with automation. UI test automation has become a norm.
What is UI Test Automation?
UI test automation tests the user's interaction with the user interface.
A tester either follows a test script or does exploratory testing. It therefore makes sure that the flow of the user interaction with the application is correct.
UI Test Automation automates these manual processes using coded or codeless testscripts that can be run in the development process automatically without the need for a tester to intervene.
What is Visual Testing?
Visual Testing finds visual bugs while navigating the User Interface of an application such as:
- Images overflowing text
- Popups obstructing the view
- Wrong layout
- Colorization issues
