Automated regression testing: A complete introduction

Regression testing is a specific form of testing that verifies whether a given piece of software suffered regressions after undergoing changes. “Regression” here means “going back to a previous undesired state.” So automated regression testing is nothing more than the process of automatically verifying that the application has not regressed to a previous undesired state. Ideally, regression testing—whether automated or not—is something you do every time a software application is changed in some…