An Overview of Current Trends in Software Testing

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With new trends in the IT industry, there has been a great evolution in the field of software testing in recent years. With the introduction of new technologies, software design, development, testing, and delivery have become more advanced. Business owners around the world prioritize lowering costs. In doing so, most IT leaders believe in the integration of the latest IT techniques for their organization.

Today, companies are integrating their testing, earlier in the software development cycle, with testing methods like Agile.

For their software testing needs, some companies also hire independent testing companies. This saves them money on testing because they don't need to hire in-house resources to perform the tests.

In the software testing world, there are several other important trends. All software industries in the world should therefore adapt to the latest testing trends, so that they can meet the needs of the modern world.

Major trends for 2022

Here are the major trends for 2022 that are changing the face of software testing:

• Functional Testing for strengthening software quality
  Functional Testing is an essential element when it comes to strengthening software system quality. It not only maintains smooth functionality throughout the process but also ensures the stability of the end result. The following are the main types of Functional Testing
  - Unit Testing
  - System Testing
  - User Acceptance Testing
  - Integration Testing
• Integration Testing for the smooth working of the system
  In Software testing, it is important that every system component gets integrated with the different application modules to ensure smooth working of the entire system. Integration testing helps to identify system-level issues such as module integration issues, broken databases, etc., and helps to identify them while developers resolve them at the earliest.
• UAT (Acceptance Testing) as the final phase of testing
  As soon as a product is developed, even before it is moved to production, the product owner will check its functionality and usability by performing User acceptance testing. This is actually the final phase before launch where the stakeholders check if the product is as per their requirements and also check if there are any errors while moving ahead with the functionalities. Primarily, a user acceptance test is an important and final phase to test whether the software is functioning as per the requirements.
• Regression Testing for continuously changing application
  Regression testing is one of the software testing types that should be performed when there is a change made in the application or when there is a new feature added to the application. With this testing practice, tests are conducted to ensure and check that the previously developed and tested software still performs well even after a change is made in the software.
  This is an effective functional testing type that should be taken up, especially when there are continuous changes made in the application as this testing process checks for any new bug or error in the existing software and is more so a verification process for the software.
• Automation Testing for speeding up testing
  Regression testing is one of the software testing types that should be performed when there is a change made in the application or when there is a new feature added to the application. With this testing practice, tests are conducted to ensure and check that the previously developed and tested software still performs well even after a change is made in the software.
  
  This is an effective functional testing type that should be taken up, especially when there are continuous changes made in the application as this testing process checks for any new bug or error in the existing software and is more so a verification process for the software.
  
  Automated software testing surpasses manual testing techniques in huge aspects. Automated testing involves automation analysis throughout the entire life-cycle of software testing to provide unswerving functionalities and operability. It certainly has got more benefits than manual testing.