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Automation testing is designed to make your life easier by speeding up your releases, catching bugs before your users do, and providing you with some much-needed peace of mind. So why is it that so many teams pour time and energy into UI automation and still end up with slow, flaky runs and missed bugs in production? It might surprise you to know that most of these problems come down to a few common mistakes that are easily avoidable once you know what to look for.

Say you’re a new developer, and you were just hired to test an e-Commerce website before it goes live. You want to make sure that the login function is working. Is it time for a smoke test or a sanity test? Well, it depends. If a login bug was recently fixed, then you’ll want to run a sanity test to check whether users can successfully log in with valid credentials or if the bug broke the login’s functionality.

If you’re new to Ghost Inspector, this article was created with you in mind. Today, we’ll be sharing some key info about Ghost Inspector to help you decide whether it’s the right automated web testing tool for your needs. We sat down with Ghost Inspector’s Head of Sales Development, Amber Leno, to hear the answers to some of the most popular customer questions about our app.

If you’re feeling intimidated about creating your first automated web test with Ghost Inspector, we’ve got you covered! In this article, we show you how easy it is to build and automate web tests with Ghost Inspector. We’ll break down creating your first Ghost Inspector test in just four simple steps. Once you’ve learned the basic steps for how to build a web test, you’ll be able to test complex processes easily, even with zero coding know-how. Ready? Let’s jump in.

How versatile is the Ghost Inspector API? We’re so glad you asked! With our API, you can easily integrate Ghost Inspector into your current software testing processes and take full control over your automated testing workflow. Whether you want to execute tests, grab results, manage suites and folders, or pull historical data, the API lets you do it all without relying on the UI.

Working in software development requires agility and speed. With competitive markets and constantly evolving user needs, organizations can’t afford to waste time on the development cycle. This is where the benefits of Continuous Integration (CI) come into play as a powerful method for modern software development practices.

Are you a QA tester grappling with the challenge of making sure geolocation testing is reliable and efficient? If so, then you’re in the right place. Geolocation testing is an important process for anyone dealing with applications or services that rely on location information from users around the world.

Are you a QA tester grappling with the challenge of making sure geolocation testing is reliable and efficient? If so, then you’re in the right place. Geolocation testing is an important process for anyone dealing with applications or services that rely on location information from users around the world.

I love this quote, though I’m not quite sure if “Jan Houtema” is a real person. It may be a Paul Graham pseudonym… But in any case, yes, change breaks brittle things and one of the challenges of automated browser testing is to mitigate that effect as much as possible while you design tests for an ever-changing application.

Integration testing is the second step of the software development process, occurring after unit testing. Once all the different components have been designed and tested, it’s time to put them all together. This process can be completed in a number of ways, depending on your preferences as a tester. Today, we’ll break down some of the most common questions about integration testing.