Read all about how to configure your test environment specific data in property files with Spring, to help run your automated TestNG and JUnit tests on any test environment you need: https://blog.testproject.io/2021/02/09/using-spring-to-switch-environments-in-automated-tests/. Enjoy.
Generating useful date values for testing purposes
If in your tests you need to generate date values representing, let’s say, today’s date, or yesterday’s, or one year from today, or the last day of the current month, this post will help you do just that. Using Java’s LocalDate, you will be able to generate the date (meaning year, month, day) your tests… Read More
Read my article on how i prepare and test for releases
In case you haven’t already, read the article i wrote for QALead on how i prepare and test for releases: https://theqalead.com/topics/release-management-how-i-prepare-and-test-for-my-releases/. Enjoy.
Browser unaware Selenium tests. STEP 3: Starting a browser based on a system property
By now, following the previous two posts in this series, you have setup the methods that initialize a Chrome and a Firefox browser. In this post, you will see how to use System properties for easily switching the browser in tests.
Browser unaware Selenium tests. STEP 1: Identify OSs on which to run tests + choose browsers to support
In this blog post series, i want to show how i normally set up my browsers and my Selenium code, in order to enable writing ‘cross-OS’, ‘cross-browser’, ‘browser-unaware’ tests. What this means: my tests can run on any OS i set up seamlessly; each test can be run on multiple browsers seamlessly; the tests do… Read More
My IntelliJ course is now available
Have you heard? My course “IntelliJ for Test Automation Engineers” is now available for free on Test Automation University: https://testautomationu.applitools.com/intellij/. It is meant for testers who want to learn how to use this IDE, and it covers concepts from installation, setup, to creating and running test, to performing static code analysis. Enjoy!
Writing good bug reports
Writing bug reports is a frequent task in the tester’s work. Here are my tips on how to write good and clear bug reports that properly underline: what issue can be observed, what behavior should have been observed instead, and how to reproduce it.
The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #28
Better Test Code Principles: Use proper naming, for everything
Naming is one of those underrated things when it comes to test automation code. Many times, when you look at variable or even test method names, they are not very suggestive and you have a hard time figuring out what their purpose is. In this post you will find a few reasons why it is… Read More
The Automated Regression Suite. Part 3 of 3. How to run the suite
Once you have a regression suite set up, you will need to run it. When you have a smaller number of tests that need to be run on a specified day, that won’t be a problem, and the tests will successfully finish running within the allocated time period. However, as the suite becomes larger and… Read More