What is automation testing and its types?

What is automation testing and its types?

Automated testing is the process of using automated tools and frameworks for running tests of different forms at scale. For example, Selenium and Cypress are used for running UI automation tests.

Here are some of the common types of automation testing: UI testing Integration Testing Regression Testing Security Testing Smoke Testing API Testing Acceptance Testing

Selenium is a commonly used test automation framework for testing interactions with the elements in the DOM. On similar lines, there are automated testing tools for running performance tests, security tests, etc.