Once, I was planning to make mashed potatoes for dinner. I got some fresh potatoes, garlic, cream, butter, salt, and milk. Each ingredient was thoroughly checked. After preparing the dish, I took a scoop and tasted it. The flavor was fine, but I forgot to add the salt. So I added a few pinches of…
Tag: Test automation
Why test software? This question is so fundamental to software development that all of us would answer, “It’s simple. Testing is the only way to verify that the application works as expected.” If we put that in software development terms, we say, “We test in order to ensure that the application meets its requirements or…
As many of you probably experience in real life, financial justification is often needed before purchasing new software or services. Depending on the organization and the size of the purchase, this justification can vary from a statement about how it will help you do your job better, to a full three-year business case. In the…
A product’s performance is the most important goal of a software company. But what if your software fails in production? During development, you need to test your product. Some tests work while others do not. Testing involves the storage of data. Human and artificial data get stored to generate results. Alternatively, artificial intelligence (AI) is…
Improving team collaboration is a crucial goal of nearly every software development team. Methodologies like DevOps, tools like Jira, and activities like daily standups all serve to improve cooperation and align teams toward common goals. Testing is too often the final step, rather than an integral part of the development process. Yet, releasing faster requires…
Web applications have become a very important part of any business today. You reach out to the people on the internet using web applications. It is very important for you to make sure your application is impressive. You carry out a lot of tests to make sure your application is good enough. And when it…
Testim Playground was discontinued on June 26, 2023. We are preserving this post for your reference. As software development organizations shift-left, more of the testing responsibility is moving to developers. Developers are increasingly asked to create and manage GUI functional and end-to-end tests, often running on open-source test automation frameworks. Coding these tests takes time…
Today we’re here to talk about test metrics. To start understanding why this topic is so crucial, consider this sentence: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Have you ever heard that saying? If I had to bet, I’d say yes. This is one of the most well-known quotes in business management; people…
It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Customers want more features, and they want them yesterday. At the same time, everyone wants fewer bugs. You know what they say. Speed, quality, and money: pick any two, but not all three. At least your developers and testers appreciate what you’re dealing with. They understand the need to test what…
Sometimes we build an app with good intentions, but the DOM elements are not created or put in place as we planned. This is especially true if we are creating pages dynamically from a database, which is very common with most websites using a content management system (CMS). We can investigate how our application is…