Qameta Blog – Test Automation

Roots of test smells

Good tests need both test theory, programming knowledge, and understanding of customer needs - so when something goes wrong, the problem is often more deep-seated than just test code. It might be poorly written production code, communication issues within your team, or something even more subtle.

Test smells: cleaning up E2E tests

Clean test code is just as important as clean production code. And knowing how to write isn't enough: you also should know how NOT to write. So let's take some bad JUnit + Selenide tests and try to improve them!

Test smells: cleaning up unit tests

It's important to know best practices for unit tests - and even more so, worst practices! We'll write a simple unit test, show the mistakes people often make with them, and how to correct those mistakes. Hope you'll find it useful!

Allure Start: prefab tech stacks, zero effort

The variety of modern tools for testing can be overwhelming. With all the languages, frameworks, build tools, and instruments, the number of possible tech stacks is enormous. Setting it all up from scratch is a pain, and you have to go through that pain every time you fix someone's problem or just want to experiment. Enter Allure Start - automatically generated tech stacks for testing!

The dreams and tech behind automation, with Fonzi Vasquez

How do you automate testing from scratch in a startup? How do you make the TestOps process work? How likely is modern AI to help you or replace you? Read on to learn more!

5 Tips for Testing API

An API is the middle man of the systems and layers within an application or software. API testing determines whether the APIs meet the testers expectations of reliability, performance, functionality, and security.

Senior Tester Tips

Website requirements have greatly evolved in the last 30 years. These days, websites need to be accessible from multiple devices, perform at top speeds, maintain high levels of security, and more to stay relevant.

Test data management. How and Why

Test data is important because it is required by all tests - both manual and automated. A good set lets you validate frequent use cases and edge conditions and helps you reproduce defects.

Most in-demand software testing skills in 2022

If you’re looking for a path to develop in the software testing world, or even trying to break into the industry for the first time, you might be wondering what the most in-demand testing skills are right now. If so, you’re in the right place!

Choosing an E2E Testing Framework in 2022

If you’re looking for the best end-to-end testing automation tool in 2022, you’ve probably narrowed your search to a few options, and there’s a good chance your choices are Playwright Vs Cypress Vs Selenium. Let’s take a quick look at each one, so you can make an informed decision.

Productivity Engineering is not just for Google!

While it’s true that quality matters, with the new tools and approaches available out there, there’s really no reason you can’t have quantity too. This is a lightweight post for y'all to think of productivity from a QA approach.

Complete TestOps Guide

In this article, we will go over all the stages of a QA team's evolution on the way to TestOps, from a startup to an enterprise. We will try to cover goals, blockers, and tools for each stage.

3 Testing Automation Reporting Tools

‘Succeeding with testing automation depends a lot on the tools you use, including the reporting tools you choose. Here are some quick tips about the top 3 automation reporting tools’

Testing 2.0

Testing is diverse. Despite the fact that the main goals are the same everywhere, there are many differences from project to project: different stacks, technologies, processes, and approaches. Analyzing the processes in many teams, Qameta Software has found one problem. That problem is inefficiency. Currently, testing is one of the most under-optimized processes in the development life cycle.

Automation as a Service

In this article, I will pose and answer three main questions related to the use of our system. Why do we need a TMS? How does TMS usually work with automated tests? How do we go about setting up automation, with the example of Allure TestOps?

The best testing automation hubs to shortlist

If you’re hoping to automate more of your testing, there are a few great places to do that. Here are five of the best testing platforms that you might want to shortlist.

5 Questions to ask your Testing Automation Team

Testing automation is quickly becoming the baseline standard in software development. However, if you’re still working on making the switch towards it, you may still be wondering what the most important issues are. Here are five must-ask questions that can help you decide.

TestOps tooling tips

Today we are going to discuss the tooling tips for testing in the DevOps age. It’s often said that “T” in “DevOps” stands for “Testing”. No wonder the term “TestOps” had to appear.

5 reasons manual testing needs to evolve

A lot of QA teams hold on to fully manual testing processes. We decided to think of some reasons why it might be an inefficient approach.

Clean Code Testing Automation

If you work in software development, you’ve probably heard of the clean code approach. But what is much less known is the clean testing philosophy. Let's take a look at what it is!

3 Ways to Master Allure Tools

Allure TestOps and Report are being included in job requirements a lot more these days, but it’s not that easy to get the hands-on experience needed to master this platform.

5 Testing Automation Tools

There are plenty of fantastic testing tools out there to help you build testing automation. Here are five we are eager to recommend.

5 Tools for a Remote QA Team

Want to ensure your remote QA team is set up for success? Having the right applications and tools in place can all but erase the distance between team members. Here are some tools for your team that will do the thing.

Managing Test Cases the TestOps way. Goodbye, folders!

Storing and reporting data from a large system to a human-readable format is a long-time-ago solved issue. Today, we will discuss Test Case Management and Testing, and the first question is “How do people usually store the test cases?”.