Just like the years behind, 2019 is also going to witness tremendous changes in terms of technology and there is no surprise. As the wrold is digitalized everywhere there comes enormous changes and advancements in technology. World always welcomes the innovative thoughts to bring an uplift at every stage. You need to update yourself with the evolving trends as you can never come out of the race. Organizations also take part in this evolution for generations. New trends always come in our way to meet the demand.
In field of software testing there is a huge evolution in IT industry with new technologies in the recent past. IT Organizations are coming forward in this digital transformation and paying more attention towards the quality and reliability. This transformation will make a difference in reducing the errors and improving the security features.
Professionals in IT industry are quickly adopting the changes that are happening in the testing industry and keep themselves updated. Here let us see some of latest software trends and predictions for the next decade.
Top 10 Software Testing Trends 2019:
Agile Adoption:
Agile is the most used term these days in IT industry; this is nothing but a process that will provide a quick response during any project. Also Agile is an alternative method in the project management. Agile is helping companies to design and build their products throughout the process of development. With help of Agile companies are able to produce quality products in to the market to handle the competition around. As Agile is used at every sprint meeting it will help client engagement and understand the transparency of the project in every step.
As data has become more valuable companies are undergoing digital transformation with the adoption of agile methodology.
Adoption of DevOps:
DevOps are mainly focusing on the collaboration of various operations and development methods to deliver quality products. DevOps are not a specification or a standard but a culture that brings high quality products with fewer failure rates during the productions.
There are certain principles and practices for DevOps like collaborating with customer time to time, deliver work in short intervals and make the customer aware of work progress, develop programs that are flexible to change according the customer requirement, and finally DevOps will give full leverage to the team to get the best out them and deliver the work on time.
Test Automation:
Test automation is helping the testing team to maintain the test cases to track and manage testing needs when ever required by the customer. With the sudden evolution of Agile and DevOps, testing strategies are also very essential to maintain the pace which is acquired through Test Automation. Hence organizations cannot ignore the test automation in the process of development of DevOps.
Infact Test Automation is very important in for DevOps, so companies are focusing on replacement of manual testing with automated testing. There is lot of room required by the test automation in the organizations for increasing the utilization of test automation in projects. Software testing predicts that automation tools at present like Selenium, Katalon, TestComplete etc will add more features to make the testing process more easier.
API and Services Test Automation:
Application Programming Interface Testing focuses on reliability and security. Since a couple of years the demand for API Testing in growing more and more according to an analysis. Testing process becomes more efficient with the usage of API and Services Test Automation. There are plenty of tools available for API testing which are very helpful for developers and the testing team.
These API tools will help the user to create a custom code very easily. Some of the tools are run on Mac, Windows, Linux and chrome apps depending on the compatibility. As the users feel more convenient the need for API and services test automation also increases.
Increasing Open Source Tools:
Open Source Tools are going to play a vital role in coming days. As organization adopt more open source tools for the proper implementation of Test automation, DevOps, Agile etc the rise in open source tools usage also noticed in next decade. Once open source tools are increasing support communities also play their active role throughout the programming and attain the best output.
This adoption of open source tools can be witnessed in areas like application, business, database, infrastructure, integration etc. These tools will help the organizations to gain flexibility and improve the standards of business. Organizations are slowly realizing the importance of open source tools that are helping them stay ahead with the new trends in the Industry.
Focus on New Trends:
Companies are focusing on the new technologies and following the new trends in the industry. To keep the balance between demand and supply industries are adopting new trends to stand in the race. New trends always emerge in any industry and the people who are ready to face it are always standing out of crowd and getting focused. Experts from the industry say that testing is going to amaze the world in next few years. Testers must always be willing to adopt the change and improve the skills.
As days pass technology grows and world becomes small with the improved technology and developments. Specially in case of testing, testers should always follow the market trends and keep evolving.
Digital Transformation:
Digital transformation is not just the adoption of technology but taking the leverage of changes and opportunities accelerating the priorities. This transformation will require a sudden shift towards the digital testing trends to make their mark in the industry. Testers should grow in every aspect like analytical tools usage, techniques, frameworks, technologies and many more.
Unlike other reasons industries or companies should undergo this digital transformation for their survival. Without adopting the new trends it is really tough for anyone to cope up with current trends. Businesses go with the transformation rather than transforming the new trends by their own. As it is very risky to create new evolutions and make the world follow it.
Quality Engineering from Quality Assurance:
World is changing every second and talk about the new technology and evolutions in the market continuously. Quality Assurance is also shifting to Quality engineering, as QA is taking tough competition to keep up the good work. As the technology is growing beyond the Quality Assurance, it is shifting to quality engineering for the growing responsibilities on the go.
Quality engineering is expanding its number and building the teams to compete with the demand. QA is now become more complex with the wide range of skills and technology being witnessed in the industry.
Machine Learning gets focused:
Machine learning and AI are the buzz heard all around the world today. Technologies on this will get doubled and grab everyone’s attention in coming years. As these technologies will allow more automation and delivers the best output with the help of automation testers, it will be more in demand. In coming years we can surely witness the AI and Machine learning are going to help the optimization. AI in the software testing will enable the growth management, build strong relations and speed up the change.
Accuracy in this AI software testing is what making the client satisfied with the speedy delivery and the quick transformation in the businesses.
To survive in the Industry:
Companies are following the software testing trends to survive in the industry and make them live for the world. To make their presence and give tough competition to other in the industry, businesses are adopting new trends every now and then. If the organizations are evolving continuously they can stand in a better in the business and avoid risk for today’s competition in the world.
Next decade will see more and more transformation with the usage of open source tools in the organizations. Hence the organizations will keep an eye on the fastest growing changes and adopt the changes to increase their visibility in the market. Surviving in the industry is most important and that is acquired through following the trends in the market.
Conclusion:
We have discussed most the software testing trends that are predicted by the experts for coming years. We conclude saying that software testing is never ending process that keeps changing the process of testing and gives the best outputs in less time. One should definitely watch emerging software testing trends and adopts the changes to stand front in the digital transformation. Irrespective of the developers, organizations should be aware of developments in the software testing industry.
All the above factors will play their role in delivering the quality output in any industry by following the newly evolved trends. Customer expectations also increase with the increasing technology and bring more challenging tasks to the testers ahead. Hence the software tester's role will be the crucial for any industry who are trying to grow further. Developers also need to get update with the improved testing trends in the market to meet the demand.