Table of Contents 1. What Does End-to-End Testing Mean?  2. How Does It Work? 3. Types of E2E Tests 4. E2E Testing vs. System Testing 5. End-to-End Testing Checklist 6. E2E Testing Example 7. E2E Testing Challenges and How to Overcome Them The importance of testing as part of the software development lifecycle cannot be overemphasized. It is a determining factor of Software Quality Assurance. Testing creates confidence in an application’s build by assuring that every line of code, every feature on the website, and every flow works as expected. In this comprehensive guide to understanding ..read more

Considering automated testing with Selenium? Many companies begin their test automation journey by looking into this widely known, open-source framework. The Selenium automation framework makes it easier for organizations to test web applications and websites. But teams can encounter certain challenges when implementing it. Keep scrolling to become familiar with a few common issues. 5 Common Challenges of Automated Testing With Selenium 1. Learning Curve If you don’t have in-house coding experience, Selenium comes with a learning curve. That’s because code is involved in every aspect of the Se ..read more

The 5 Do Nots of Software Testing: Best Practices & FAQ Developing company-wide software testing best practices is a great way to make sure your team stays on track with delivering a high-quality product to your users. But what happens when “best practices” get in the way of innovation? We recently hosted a webinar with Melissa Tondi of E*TRADE’s Quality Engineering leadership to discuss some of the major software testing “donts” that not only have grown stale over time, but also actively impede the success of the SDLC. You can watch the full webinar for Melissa’s take on automated testing ..read more

You’re not the only one scratching your head about the difference between regression testing and retesting. Many people get these two software testing types confused because they have a lot in common. Both are types of functional testing. Both take place after development. Yet they’re different in big ways. How so? Let’s cover them individually before we get into the differences. What Is Regression Testing? Basically, regression testing is a type of software testing that ensures an application still functions as it should after any changes to the code, UI, or other high-impact activities. Regr ..read more

Whether you’re just starting your software testing or have very mature testing processes, you know that UI testing is an essential part of any test strategy. Yet this area of testing often comes with various challenges, presenting a major need for automated UI tests. Unlike unit or service-level tests, UI tests need to adapt to a constantly changing interface. That, coupled with increasingly complex application features, makes UI tests especially time-consuming to create and maintain over time. Automated UI tests have helped organizations avoid spending excessive time and resources on UI testi ..read more

Modern Testing: Definition, Principles, & FAQ As more organizations embrace and adopt DevOps best practices, Modern Testing has grown into a phenomenon that has taken the software testing world by storm. But what is Modern testing, exactly? We recently hosted a webinar with Alan Page, one of the movement’s founders, to discuss the Modern Testing movement in more detail. He delved into how Modern Testing has been adopted, what has worked (and what hasn’t), and how that impacts testers everywhere — regardless of where we are on our testing journey. You can watch the full webinar for Alan’s i ..read more

Codeless test automation continues to be the way to go for web app testers and developers searching for a fast, easy alternative to the automation testing tools available.  How do you choose the best codeless test automation tool? Here, we’ll cover the essential traits. First, what are codeless test automation tools?  What are codeless test automation tools? Codeless automation testing tools let testers of any skill level build and maintain automated tests. Using a codeless testing platform, testers can build tests visually while all the scripts (which require coding) are generated a ..read more

Architecting a test strategy [webinar recap] In what universe do test automation, “Avengers: Infinity War,” and cathedrals have anything to do with each other? This question and many more were answered in our recent webinar, “Architecting a test strategy,” with Brendan Connolly, Staff QA Engineer at Procore Technologies and recent EuroSTAR Rising Star Award recipient. In his presentation, Brendan shared his model of how to discuss and create a comprehensive test strategy. Looking specifically at the role of automation within a testing strategy, he gave important guidelines on how to identify h ..read more

Strengthen the QA process through the CI/CD pipeline [webinar recap] For many testers, the following two scenarios will probably feel familiar: realizing that a bug has shipped in multiple releases, and being told that a new feature only works on one machine. These are two situations, both equally cringe-worthy and frustrating, that testers deal with all too often. Two weeks ago, we had the opportunity to discuss a great way to address these issues with Christina Thalayasingam, Senior Test Engineer at Medidata Solutions: a well-running CI/CD pipeline. In a guest webinar with TestCraft, Christi ..read more

Lessons I learned from my developers: A tester’s perspective [webinar recap] The relationship between testers and developers can often feel like that of water and oil: separated at best, full of tension at its worst. The friction between testers and developers is a well-known obstacle to overcome at countless organizations, with developers often faulting testers for not keeping up with their release cycles. Despite this challenge, testers and developers will need to continue working together in order to build a high-quality and reliable product. Therefore, managers and team members alike are a ..read more