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Welcome to the second topic in my series to help you jump-start your test automation. In the first blog post, we talked about my background and how my experience can help you get started. In this post, I’ll offer some advice for managing your team setup. First of all, you may be on a team of testers that’s separate from the developers. Or, you may all be in a single group that [...]

In a perfect world, QA teams would test their applications on every possible browser/OS combination in existence. In the real world, given that there are dozens of possible browser/OS combinations from which users could access your app, few teams reach that ideal. Instead, they must settle for testing on only a subset of all possible platforms that their end users could run. That raises the [...]

Summer is a time of relaxation for many, with folks traveling around the world on summer vacations, firing up the BBQ for neighborhood block parties, or simply spending some time relaxing poolside. However, this time of year can be one of the most stressful for engineering organizations. The holidays are just around the corner, and many companies are gearing up for the high volume of [...]

Getting started with test automation can seem daunting. How do you know where to start and what to focus on? In this series of blog posts, I’ll offer concrete advice to help you jumpstart your test automation efforts. Why me? I’m a Selenium enthusiast who is passionate about testing, especially UI testing. I currently work as a software engineer at Sauce Labs. I co-created Zalenium, [...]

We’re happy to introduce Virtual USB, or vUSB, the newest addition to the Sauce Labs Real Device Cloud. Get rid of all those Android devices cluttering your desk (iOS coming later this year) and conduct manual or automated testing as if there is a real device connected to your computer via a USB cable. What makes Sauce Labs vUSB different from other vUSB offerings? There are two things in [...]

Under the right conditions, headless browser testing is a great way to speed test results while also reducing the infrastructure required to run tests. In this article, we will take a look at four reasons why you might consider using headless testing. What Is Headless Testing? A headless browser is simply a web browser without a graphical user interface. Common browsers such as Firefox and Chrome [...]

There is a tendency for techies to always be looking to the next new shiny object. I’m no different. But this time when looking into the future of modern software delivery, I’m not thinking of radical changes in how we develop, like we saw with the introduction of DevOps. Instead, I’m seeing a refinement of what we already know we are able to do - automate, and doing more [...]

While most developers have heard of test-driven development, some developers don’t understand how to implement this development methodology or what benefits it can provide. When employed properly, test-driven development can be a very effective strategy for developing high-quality code and ensuring good test coverage in an agile environment. Below, I will define test-driven development and [...]