Automization

[pushpalatha.a]

What is the main difference between Adhoc and Exploratory Testing?
Can We Automized these tests ?

[sridharrganesan]

Ad hoc testing is software testing performed without planning and documentation. The tests are intended to be run only once, unless a defect is discovered. Ad hoc testing is a part of exploratory testing, being the least formal of test methods. In this view, ad hoc testing has been criticized because it isn't structured, but this can also be a strength: important things can be found quickly. It is performed with improvisation, the tester seeks to find bugs with any means that seem appropriate. Ad hoc testing is most often used as a complement to other types of testing.

Exploratory testing is an approach in software testing with simultaneous learning, test design and test execution. While the software is being tested, the tester learns things that together with experience and creativity generates new good tests to run. Exploratory testing seeks to find out how the software actually works, and to ask questions about how it will handle difficult and easy cases. The testing is dependent on the tester's skill of inventing test cases and finding defects. The more the tester knows about the product and different test methods, the better the testing will be

As both the testing techniques are performed without any test plan or schedule, in most of the cases it is done manually. But, for the situation in which the automation suite is already available and automation testing is executed on the application, automation is possible.