What are the different types of Scripting Techniques for Automation Testing?

Any test automation scripting technique sets parameters such as how to handle the object repository, coding standards, and data handling, among others. As the name suggests, they are intended to be followed when writing test scripts. Below are five essential scripting methods that QA teams frequently use for test automation.

• Linear Scripting - With liner scripting, a test engineer uses a simple record and playback to automate a system's test flow or test case. There might be a few redundant or unneeded functions.
• Structured Scripting - Structured Scripting consists of 'if-else,' 'switch,' 'for,' and 'while' conditions or statements that aid in implementing decision-making in a script to help do some activities iteratively, and it can call other standard functions that need some common functionality.
• Shared Scripting - A shared application behavior is represented by shared scripting. Common functionality of the application is tested and coded as shared scripts, which are then called by other scripts.
• Data Driven Scripting - Data Driven separates the data from the scripts and stores it as files on a disc in an external repository. The only component in this script is the code.
• Keyword Driven Scripting - Using external data files to maintain operations is made more accessible by keyword driven scripting. The operations/sequence of the test is prepared in an additional library that should interpret the data in addition to the standard script.