{"id":3813,"date":"2022-01-29T14:38:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T09:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.aspiresys.com\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:14:04","slug":"design-patterns-in-test-automation-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/software-testing-services\/qa-testing\/design-patterns-in-test-automation-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Patterns In Test Automation World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Software development has a lot of methodologies and standardized approaches to make the development process efficient such as object-oriented programming, domain-driven design, test-driven design, and behavior-driven design, etc. Automation testing, since the very beginning, has been relatively new when it comes to processes and standards. But now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/independent-software-testing-services\/software-test-automation\">benefits of test automation<\/a> have helped it gain a lot of exposure in terms of standardization and has been under the process of continuous improvement and evolvement through design patterns. Automation testing is the process of developing software to test software. Hence, the test patterns are loosely similar to design patterns that are used in software development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/devops-continuous-test-automation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23481 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/devops-continuous-testing-services.jpg\" alt=\"devops continuous testing\" width=\"707\" height=\"186\" data-first-enter-image=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/devops-continuous-testing-services.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/devops-continuous-testing-services-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/devops-continuous-testing-services-768x202.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Design patterns show how to design the test automation tools so that it will be efficient and easy to maintain. Amongst the biggest test automation challenges is code maintenance. A lot of test automation projects have drowned or were scrapped due to the inability of the frameworks to cope up with the growing codebases. In order to keep the maintenance cost low, the test automation service engineers should strive to minimize the code that they reinvent or create from scratch by using existing functionality for common, generic, or repeated operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What are the types of Design Patterns in test automation?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Design Patterns in Test implementation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From the test implementation perspective, different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/independent-software-testing-services\/test-automation-framework\">design patterns can be understood as types of test automation frameworks<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3815 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-1.png\" alt=\" types of automation frameworks \" width=\"376\" height=\"359\" data-first-enter-image=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-1.png 376w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-1-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-1.png\" alt=\"Design Patterns in Test Automation World- Table- Pic 1\" width=\"635\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-1.png 963w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-1-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-1-768x672.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2. Architectural Design Patterns<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-2.png\" alt=\"Design Patterns in Test Automation World- Table- Pic 2\" width=\"627\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-2.png 964w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-2-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-2-768x523.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-Pic-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-Pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"Design Patterns in Test implementation\" width=\"545\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-Pic-2.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-Pic-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Multi-Layered Architecture<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3816 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-3.png\" alt=\"Testing - Design Pattern in test automation- 3\" width=\"458\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-3.png 458w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-3-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Meta Framework<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3. Functional Design Patterns\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3820 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1176\" height=\"1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-3.png 1176w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-3-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-3-1024x992.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Patterns-in-Test-Automation-World-Table-Pic-3-768x744.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3817 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-4.png\" alt=\"Testing - Design Pattern in test automation- 4\" width=\"655\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-4.png 655w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Testing-Design-Pattern-in-test-automation-4-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Page Object Design Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What are the advantages of using Design Patterns in Test Automation?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The use of design patterns offers below advantages:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Low maintenance effort and time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Low maintenance cost<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enhanced code reusability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enhanced reliability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Structured codebase which is easy to fix and extend<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Improved communication<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The design patterns contribute to a major chunk in defining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/independent-software-testing-services\/software-test-automation\">the test automation best practices<\/a>. The benefits of test automation cannot be reaped effectively without implementing the required design patterns specific to a test automation project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><button style=\"color: #fff!important; background: #78439b; width: 330px; text-align: center; border-radius: 25px; padding: 13px; margin-top: 20px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px;\"><a style=\"color: #fff!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/independent-software-testing-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Talk to Our Testing Experts <\/strong><\/a><\/button><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Follow us on<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/aspire-systems-testing-services\/\">Aspire Systems Testing<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">to get detailed insights and updates about Testing!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"abh_box abh_box_down abh_box_business\"><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ter.li\/2q9tna\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24664 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/offshore-testing-services-aspire-systems.jpg\" alt=\"offshore testing services\" width=\"516\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/offshore-testing-services-aspire-systems.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/offshore-testing-services-aspire-systems-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/offshore-testing-services-aspire-systems-768x202.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Software development has a lot of methodologies and standardized approaches to make the development process efficient such as object-oriented&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4717],"tags":[3449,3450,3451,3452,3453,3454,3455,3456,236,1022],"practice_industry":[4527],"coauthors":[233],"class_list":["post-3813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qa-testing","tag-architectural-design-patterns","tag-design","tag-design-patternn","tag-functional-design-patterns","tag-meta-framework","tag-multi-layered-architecture","tag-page-object-design-pattern","tag-pattern","tag-software-testing","tag-test-automation","practice_industry-software-testing-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40734,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions\/40734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"practice_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_industry?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}