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Test Automation: Not Just for Test Execution

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Vahid Garousi,

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IEEE Software, Volume 34, Issue 2

Pages 90 - 96

https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2017.34

Published: 01 March 2017 Publication History

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To work more efficiently and effectively, test engineers must be aware of various automated-testing strategies and tools that assist test activities other than test execution. However, automation doesn't come for free, so it must be carefully implemented.

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