Tag: automated tests

Components are one of the basic concepts of Angular applications. Thus, if you want to make sure your app is as high quality as it can possibly be, you’ve got to give those basic building blocks some love. When it comes to software quality, testing is caring, so let’s see how to perform Angular unit…

As a web developer, one of the thorniest issues I run into is testing functionality in my web UI. I understand the importance of automated software testing, but writing tests for a UI is difficult. For starters, parsing HTML your server generates is difficult. It is possible to run your tests in a system like…

This post is about data masking tools. More specifically, it’s about which data masking tools are worth checking out. Why is this important, and how does it relate to software testing? Well, protecting customer data has never been so important. This is not only because it’s the right, moral thing to do, but also because…

What is a linter? In short, a linter is a tool to help you improve your code. The concept of linter isn’t exclusive to JavaScript. Still, I’d say that the majority of people trying to learn about linters are interested in the ones that target JavaScript (or, more generally, dynamically-typed languages.) In today’s post, we…

What is Test Architecture? Test architecture can be thought of at two levels. At the broader, more strategic level, test architecture is thinking holistically about the best way to test an application. It can help answer questions, such as, how do we want to use unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to gain coverage? What tests…

The software testing world has plenty of terms, expressions, and buzzwords, and the list keeps growing. On the one hand, this is a good sign of a vibrant and innovative field. On the other hand, it can be overwhelming for newcomers to keep up with so many concepts. In this post, we’ll help make your…

Safari is a widely used browser, second only to Google Chrome, with close to 20 percent total market share. It only makes sense that you can run end-to-end tests for your web applications on it. But to do this, you need SafariDriver, which allows Selenium tests on mobile iOS and macOS. This article is a…

We’re back with another testing-related subject. Today’s topic is pretty straightforward: We’ll show you how to implement record and playback in Selenium. “Record and playback” refers to a specific approach to automated testing that allows people with no coding skills to create end-to-end or UI tests. Selenium is a popular browser automation tool that many…

The technology industry is becoming more and more competitive with each passing year. Organizations around the world struggle to remain afloat. They employ strategies to improve the quality of their products and services. They adopt test automation to obtain shorter release cycles. However, many companies don’t actively track their progress (or lack thereof) when it…

You want to test your application properly but don’t know which testing strategy to go with? Kudos to you for realizing you need automated UI testing. As you may already know, the three most common types of software testing are unit, integration, and end-to-end (E2E) testing. However, in this post, I will focus on end-to-end…