When to Automate (and When Not To) — Roadmap Step & Resources
Automation has a cost — deciding when that cost is actually worth paying
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: SDET / Automation Testing
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why would automating a test you'll only ever run once be a waste of effort?
Study resources
- What to Automate and What Not To (Article) — Guru99's automation testing guide covers criteria for choosing what to automate.
- When to Automate Explained (Video) — Covers evaluating ROI before automating a given test case.
Part of
- Automation Testing Fundamentals — section
- SDET / Automation Testing roadmap — the full learning path