[Visual] Mobile Test Automation Best Practices
Mobile Testing is challenging. Mobile test automation – i.e. automating tests to run on mobile devices, is even more challenging. This is because is requires some added tools, libraries and…
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Test Management within Continuous Integration Pipelines
Techniques to manage a large suite of automated tests within a CI environment and yet still get fast feedback.
Writing Tests for GraphQL APIs using REST Assured
REST has been the de facto standard for APIs for a while now, replacing the relatively cumbersome and XML-only SOAP-based APIs with an architecture that is more flexible, lightweight and…
Using Cypress and Google Lighthouse for Performance Testing
The first tool that most engineers probably associate with front-end or client-side performance testing is Google Lighthouse. So when I stumbled upon a Cypress plugin that lets you run Lighthouse…
Automate PDF Testing
Applitools lets users inspect the entire document, or just selected pages. The scope of comparison matches the needs of the test. Users can target specific sections of a PDF for testing and ignore sections that are not relevant to a test. And, armed with the Applitools layout algorithm, users can validate a PDF layout even if the internal text has changed.
How to Setup GitHub Actions with Cypress & Applitools for a Better Automated Testing Workflow
Applitools provides a number of SDKs that allows you to easily integrate it into your existing workflow. Using tools like Cypress, Espresso, Selenium, Appium, and a wide variety of others,…
Getting Started with Appium 2.0 Beta
Appium team has released 2.0.0-beta.10 recently with the official Appium image plugin and some minor bug fixes and improvements over its earlier beta versions.
Stability In Cross Browser Test Code
If you read my previous blog, Fast Testing Across Multiple Browsers, you know that participants in the Applitools Ultrafast Cross Browser Hackathon learned the following: Applitools Ultrafast Grid requires an…
Page objects vs. App actions in Cypress
The truth is, that using POM does no harm in Cypress and can be really helpful. But I like that Gleb has made a strong argument for other options. Because using them unleashes some Cypress superpowers. In this post, I’d like to explore and describe both of these options
Fast Testing Across Multiple Browsers
Ultrafast testers seamlessly resolve unexpected browser behavior as they check in their code. This happens because, in less than 10 minutes on average, they know what differences exist. They could not do this if they had to wait the nearly three hours needed in the legacy approach. Who wants to wait half a day to see if their build worked?
GraphQL, Data Sources, & Visual Testing
Front End Engineers and App Developers have an easier time managing large data sets using GraphQ. They can create lean interfaces with reduced complexity. Visual testing helps ensure proper app behavior.
Fast, Efficient and Effective Cross Browser Testing
What do you think about cross browser testing? Developers likely develop on only one browser – and maybe only one operating system. How does an app maker ensure that defects…