The Hidden Benefits of Unit Testing
I know that testers usually don't write unit tests but it's an important part of the overall test strategy. So if you'd like to understand why it's worth doing, here are some insights from Francesco Borzì.
How Jago is slowly improving its Automation Tests
I always find it interesting to see how companies approach their test strategy, and in this case, Abhijeet Vashistha describes how they improved test readability and overreliance on mocking.
My developers don't seem to unit test or do any testing at all?
Someone asked on Reddit what to do when developers don't have the testing mindset. You can also find the same question with more answers here.
Maybe one of the potential solutions is getting familiar with the Testing Strategies for Front-End Developers, as Ray suggests.
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Sophia Amin shares a journey of web app automation she went through when choosing a new test strategy, migrating to a new test framework and explaining what role end-to-end tests play in it now.
Speaking of which, here's Tyler Hawkins' take on when (not) to write end-to-end tests.
Determining The Priority for Test Automation
In this article, Mariia Hutsuk and Sivamoorthy Bose give plenty of solid pieces of advice on choosing the right test automation strategy.
A good continuation to that is Andrew Knight's set of 12 traits of highly effective tests from this week.
Mastering Test Retries: The Art of Automation Craftsmanship
If you experience flaky tests, Cerosh Jacob has some helpful advice on what to do with examples in Playwright.
Additionally, Giuseppe Donati shows some good End-to-end tests retry strategies, and Mike Harris explains why Automated tests do not have to be flaky.
What's the best format for a test plan?
And is there even one? Mirek Długosz explains why it depends on the context and emphasises the importance of tailored approaches over standardized templates.
Also, James Thomas suggests that sometimes you may need to use some Oblique Strategies to achieve your testing goals.
Improve quality with functional & API testing
Team Merlin explains how to combine different test levels to achieve good test coverage.
Furthermore, Sajitha Pathirana gives a few handy Tips to integrate E2E testing into your existing test strategy.
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