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Save Time and Money With Automated End-to-End Testing

As more organizations look to test automation, learn different ways how it can save you lots of time and money in the long run.

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What Do You Do When You Have Nothing to Test?

Ever found yourself at work with nothing to test? Here are five ways you can use that free time to improve your team and - more importantly - yourself.

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How Slow Is Too Slow to Run Your Tests?

You might be wondering if your tests are running too slow compared to others. Here's how you can decide for yourself.

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Are You Asking the Right Questions?

When faced with a tricky bug, asking the right questions can be the difference between reaching a solution or getting stuck in place for a long time.

Tools

How to Gather Your Test Automation Results With ReportPortal

Keeping track of your test automation results allows your test suite to stay in optimal condition. Learn how the ReportPortal dashboard can help.

Test Automation

My Top Blunders With Test Automation

Everyone makes mistakes. But no matter how bad they seem, you can recover and, more importantly, learn from them.

Test Automation

How to Deal with Automating Tests for Third-Party Integrations

Writing automated tests for third-party services can be a massive pain. Here are some strategies to make the process a bit easier for you and your team.

Test Automation

Don't Let Flaky Tests Ruin Your Automation

If you think that letting an unstable test case slide won't cause any harm, think again. It can lead you down a path to a useless automated test suite.

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What You Can Do Before Quitting Your Job as a Tester

It's tempting to quit when things aren't going your way, but it's not always the right thing to do. You have the ability to change your situation.

Test Automation

"Why Should I Waste Time Writing Automated Tests?"

Developers are notorious for not writing tests for their code, often mentioning a lack of time. But they don't realize testing makes you faster, not slower.

Data

4 Ways to Handle Test Data for Your End-to-End Tests

One of the trickiest parts of automating end-to-end tests is how to handle testing data. Here are a few strategies to tackle this issue.

Test Automation

How to Build Test Automation on an App With No Tests

Starting test automation on an existing project seems like an impossible task. It doesn't have to be. Read how a few small steps can add up in the long run.

APIs

Dead-Simple API Tests With SuperTest, Mocha, and Chai

API testing doesn't have to be complicated. Learn how to quickly set up a fast and reliable automated test suite with SuperTest, Mocha, and Chai.

Test Automation

How Can You Tell If Your Automated Tests Are Any Good?

Do you know for sure if your test automation implementation works well for your needs? Here are some areas you can check to make sure you deliver your best.

Test Automation

Avoid These 3 Mistakes With Your End-To-End Tests

When working with end-to-end tests, there's a chance you'll spot a few issues slowing your team down. Here's how to deal with some of the most common ones.

Test Automation

Continuous Testing with Travis CI and LambdaTest

See how simple you can keep your web app running in top condition under different environments with Travis CI and LambdaTest.

Test Automation

Don't Start Your Automation Strategy With Tools

Most testers new to automation tend to dive in to finding tools for their work. Reaching for tools first is usually a huge mistake. Read on to learn why.

TestCafe

How to Send Your TestCafe Test Results to TestRail

You can automatically send the results of your TestCafe test execution to the TestRail test case management tool. Read this article to learn how.

Test Automation

Running End-To-End Tests Without Blocking Your Team

Automating end-to-end tests might block your team while they wait for builds to run. A few tweaks to your test automation workflow can help unblock them.

Tools

Getting Drone CI Up and Running With TestCafe Quickly

Learn how easy you can set up Drone CI, a self-hosted continuous integration service, and how to use it to run your TestCafe test suite.

People

Stop the QA Gatekeeping Now

QA Gatekeeping - where testers are solely responsible for giving release approvals - is harmful to most organizations. Learn how teams manage this issue.

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Now Is the Time for You to Super-Charge Your Skills

Almost everyone's careers have been affected by COVID-19. You don't have to stay that way. Now is the perfect time to focus on you and boost your skills.

TestCafe

End-to-End Testing with TestCafe Book Excerpt: Intercepting HTTP Requests

Intercepting HTTP requests lets you take control over what happens during asynchronous calls to other servers. Learn how this is done in TestCafe.

TestCafe

End-to-End Testing with TestCafe Book Excerpt: Reporters

TestCafe comes with a variety of reporters to display your test results in different ways to fit your needs. Check out how to use them with your test suite.

TestCafe

End-to-End Testing with TestCafe Book Excerpt: Smart Assertion Query Mechanism

See how TestCafe intelligently handles asynchronous functionality in websites without explicit waits or timeouts like in other testing frameworks.

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