As Agile and DevOps become more popular, the need for dependable automated testing has increased. Automation testing involves executing repetitive tasks using system bots or scripts developed by automation testers to minimize manual effort. This reduces manual testing tasks such as smoke and regression testing across multiple browser platforms, which can be time-consuming, costly, and prone to errors. Automated testing provides valuable support to manual testing by reducing repetitive tasks associated with regression testing of existing features on various browsers. Products benefit from quality improvement, scalability, early bug detection, reusability, parallel testing, faster releases, and optimized resource utilization. However, there are misconceptions that automation testing can completely replace manual testing, which in reality serves as a valuable support tool for manual testers. Common challenges in automation testing often include outdated dependencies, legacy frameworks, flaky test cases, frequent locator changes, and prioritization conflicts.
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