Manual Testing!! Hmmm!
Wikipedia defines it as "Manual testing is the process of manually testing software for defects."
What does it actually mean? Why do we call it Manual Testing? Is it correct to call it Manual Testing? Aren't we just giving functional testing another name? Isn't it better to call it Functional Testing or simply Testing, rather than inappropriately calling it Manual Testing?
There's a need to understand the intent behind such naming convention. I am not 100% sure about it but my best guess is if the only intent was referring to fact that it's done by testers aka persons aka humans, then please for GOD's sake understand this: DEVELOPMENT is also done by humans but you don't call it "MANUAL DEVELOPMENT".
So why this biasing for testing?
Let's understand this basic thing and start calling ourselves as "testers" rather than "Manual Testers". Because for me there's no such thing as Manual Testers!
Wikipedia defines it as "Manual testing is the process of manually testing software for defects."
What does it actually mean? Why do we call it Manual Testing? Is it correct to call it Manual Testing? Aren't we just giving functional testing another name? Isn't it better to call it Functional Testing or simply Testing, rather than inappropriately calling it Manual Testing?
There's a need to understand the intent behind such naming convention. I am not 100% sure about it but my best guess is if the only intent was referring to fact that it's done by testers aka persons aka humans, then please for GOD's sake understand this: DEVELOPMENT is also done by humans but you don't call it "MANUAL DEVELOPMENT".
So why this biasing for testing?
Let's understand this basic thing and start calling ourselves as "testers" rather than "Manual Testers". Because for me there's no such thing as Manual Testers!
functional testing is the right word!
ReplyDeleteWell there are automated tools to test the software (think of vulnerability scanners)
ReplyDeletewhereas an era where automated developing is yet to come
so when there is automation testing there can be manual testing as well ...
No Automation tool can match the Human Brain and Individual capabilities, also during Functional Testing rather than calling Manual Testing, All the Testing done Manually cannot be converted to Automation Testing. Lot of things gets counted like 1. Individual Capability. 2. Domain Knowledge 3. Experience............ I hope you guys agree.
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