Importance of Manual Testing

1.  .Manually Testing Tests from Human Perspective

Human Testers can quickly identify when something looks “Odd”. Automated test scripts don’t pick the visual issues. When tester interacts with the software as a end user would, they able to discover usability issues and other interface glitches. Automated test scripts can’t test these things

2       2. Exploratory Testing Can only Done Manually

Automated test only perform the actions that you tell them to. To write Test scripts require planning and preparation to write, which restricts the test to certain boundaries. These boundaries mean there isn’t any room to stray from the written test to truly explore the application.

Exploratory testing gives us the opportunity to answer questions like, “What happens if I do this?” It enables to crave our own path throughout the test with little to no boundaries.

3       3. Errors/ bugs with Automated Test Scripts

Automated test scripts can contain bugs just like code can have bugs. This means Automated Testing has the potential to report false positives and false negatives. By adding human touch during the testing process these errors can be avoidable.

4     4.Manual Testing helps us to understand the whole problem/Application.

Without any doubt automated testing can save time and the cost. Also it is great for getting quick results on broad level, however manual testing allows us to understand the problem on conceptual and emotional level. Manual Testing connects us with the end user and introduces us to level of empathy automation doesn’t provide.