# Why Automated Tests Boost Your Development Speed

DevFeed: [Why Automated Tests Boost Your Development Speed](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-automated-tests-boost-your-development-speed-21159.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2011/04/why-automated-tests-boost-your/>)

Published: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Unit testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unit-testing.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test-coverage.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>)

Tags: [automated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automated.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test-coverage.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>), [unit-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-testing.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that automated tests can improve development speed by making functionality checks faster than manually navigating a web application, while also building a regression suite that can re-verify existing behavior quickly. It notes that any reduction in bugs depends on test quality and coverage.

## Source excerpt

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