Front-End Test Fest 2021 Recap
Last month, Applitools and Cypress hosted the Front-End Test Fest, a free event that brought together leading experts in test automation for a full day of learning and discussion around…
Test Automation
A Day at the Automation SPA Means Waiting for Elements to Disappear
A day at the spa. What could be better: a massage, maybe some sauna time, or a mud bath. Wow, that sounds totally relaxing. Unfortunately, that kind of spa is…
Introducing the Next Generation of Native Mobile Test Automation
Native mobile testing can be slow and error-prone with questionable ROI. With Ultrafast Test Cloud for Native Mobile, you can now leverage Applitools Visual AI to test native mobile apps…
Migrating End-to-End Protractor Tests for Angular Projects
Protractor, the Angular end-to-end testing tool, is officially being sunset. With development ending at the end of 2022, we need to assess what our options are for further investing in…
What’s New In Selenium 4?
(Editor’s Note: This post has been recently updated for accuracy and completeness. It was originally published in June 2020 by Manoj Kumar.) There are a lot of cool and new…
What is Jenkins? How to Use Jenkins for CI/CD and Testing
Jenkins is a popular open source automation server. It’s used to implement Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) for any development project.
Automating Functional / End-2-End Tests Across Multiple Platforms
This post talks about an approach to Functional (end-to-end) Test Automation that works for a product available on multiple platforms. It shares details on the thought process & criteria involved…
4 Tips for Automation Engineers Interested in Site Reliability Engineering
Software has undoubtedly become more complex over the last two decades. In 2000, it was estimated that there were 3.4 million internet users. A few years ago, Google was doing…
Testing Browser Alerts, Confirmations, and Prompts with Cypress
A major component of building for the web is providing our customers feedback as they’re navigating and using our apps. The browser provides native ways to do that including alerts,…
Your 80 Questions about Playwright, Answered
Playwright is a relatively new open source cross-browser automation framework for end-to-end testing, developed and maintained by Microsoft. It tests across all modern browsers and is designed to be a…
[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…
Future of Testing: Mobile Recap – All About Mobile Test Automation
Applitools recently hosted a conference on the future of testing for mobile applications. Check out a recap of the event and watch the recordings.