Automation Testing Basics

Welcome to Automation Testing Basics.

In this lesson you’ll learn:

  • What automation testing is and why teams use it
  • Popular automation tools (Selenium, TestComplete, Cypress)
  • Simple examples of automated test cases

Why Automation?

Automation helps reduce repetitive manual work, speeds up regression testing, and improves coverage.


Example Tools

  • Selenium – open-source, works across browsers
  • TestComplete – commercial, supports multiple languages
  • Cypress – great for modern web apps

Example Code (Selenium in Python)

“`python
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(“https://example.com”)

Verify page title

assert “Example Domain” in driver.title

driver.quit()