A regression test pack is a reusable collection of tests that verifies your application continues to work as expected after any code change. Whether you’re deploying a bug fix, a feature enhancement, or a full upgrade, a solid regression pack acts as a safety net—flagging unintended consequences before they reach production. Here’s how to build one step-by-step using a no-code platform such as Original Software.
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Define your scope
Before you build your regression test pack, define what needs to be tested. Focus on areas of the application that are:
- Business-critical (e.g., order processing, logins, payments)
- Frequently used by end users
- Technically volatile or often impacted by changes
Use past incident data, risk assessments, and system documentation to prioritise which user journeys must be included.Pro tip: If you’re just starting, learn more about what goes into a regression test pack to define your foundation.
Capture key business processes
Involve business analysts and key users to capture real-world workflows. With a tool like ours, users can record their interactions directly—clicks, field inputs, navigations—without needing to write a single line of code. These recordings become the building blocks for your regression pack.
Make sure the capture is done in a representative test environment that mirrors production to ensure meaningful validation.
Build the base test pack
Once you’ve captured key processes, drag and drop them into a Regression Playlist to create your initial test pack. Keep scripts modular and well-labeled for easy reusability and maintenance.
Example: “User Login – Chrome”, “Submit Order – Credit Card”, etc.TestDrive allows you to automate all of this with no scripting required, making it accessible to both technical and non-technical teams.
Scale with data
To expand coverage, introduce data-driven testing. Feed your scripts with data sets that simulate different user roles, locations, products, or edge cases. TestDrive supports this natively, without script editing.Also, add validations (e.g., is the confirmation number shown?) and assertions (e.g., does the “Submit” button remain enabled?) to check application responses at every step.
Apply additional test coverage
Enhance your pack with optional checks:
- Spelling validation – Catch typos in the UI
- Performance monitoring – Identify slow-loading screens
- UI change detection – Spot layout, image, or colour changes
You can apply these selectively:
- To a single page or screen
- Across a specific script
- Or globally across all scripts in the test pack
These add depth to your testing and help you detect subtle but significant changes.
Maintain and evolve
Change is constant. That’s why maintainability is critical.
With TestDrive, test data, validations, and scripts are managed independently—making updates easy. When an application changes, you can:
- Recreate scripts from a test execution
- Manually tweak existing scripts
- Use Self-Healing automation to adapt scripts automatically
All updates are logged, supporting full traceability and collaboration across teams.
Run and analyze
With everything in place, run your regression test pack manually, overnight, or integrated into your CI/CD pipeline. TestDrive supports parallel execution, batch runs, and detailed result reporting.
Results show not just pass/fail status, but performance metrics, UI differences, and validation logs—so you can take action fast.
And just like that—your regression test pack is ready to run, scale, and evolve without writing a single line of code.
Want to see it in action? Watch the platform demo or talk to us to get started building your regression test pack.
FAQs
Start with the most critical 5–10 user journeys. You can expand the pack incrementally once the foundation is stable.
After every major release or sprint, review impacted areas and update scripts as needed—especially if you’re not using self-healing automation.
Yes. Modular scripts can be reused across versions and even cloned for variations like browser/device differences.
That’s exactly where the Original Software platform shines—features like Self-Healing and one-click baseline updates make maintenance quick and painless.
Absolutely. With our no-code interface, anyone can capture, validate, and even review tests without needing scripting skills.
