The size and complexity of apps being built for the web are growing with each passing day. The plethora of options that we now have to build web apps is just mind-boggling. Add to this the fact that the release cycles for products/apps have shrunk drastically from months to days, or even multiple releases per day! This puts a lot of burden on software testing. There is too much to be tested. Multiple browsers, multiple clients and screen sizes (desktop and mobile), multiple resolution, and so on.

To be effective in such a diverse landscape, automation is the key. Automate everything that can be automated should be our mantra.