Tag - autotest

Introduction to Allure and its usage in Java autotest frameworks

What is Allure and what is it used for

Allure is an open-source framework that is designed to create beautiful, interactive, and easy-to-read reports for automated tests. It allows developers and testers to create detailed and meaningful reports of their test results and can be integrated with various test frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, and more.

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How to prioritize tasks of a software development project?

Your software project has limited resources, so only prioritized tasks should remain in the project scope. If you are a customer, a product owner or a team member, you need to maximize the value to be delivered by the team. The clue for the maximum added value with minimal applied effort is prioritization of tasks. It is crucial, but it can be a challenge to prioritize several dozens of items efficiently.

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Mobile automation testing. To use or not to use?

To use or not to use – every customer asks themselves this question, when it comes to mobile automation testing. They say that development and supporting of UI auto tests costs too much. But let’s return to the statement a little bit later. And now we are going to discuss the following questions: what is mobile automation, who is it for, what for and do you actually need it?

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Automated Tests: Why and How

If you aren’t implementing a prototype for some quick demo in some 8 hours, 3 days, etc. to archive it in a folder like the “trash” right after that, then you will have to think about the quality assurance, finding bugs, etc. Somebody will have to do this job after all. Whether you include the automated tests in the code development process or you totally rely on the testers, the automated tests will appear in your system sooner or later (or the project will die aborning).

The worst thing is that auto tests are also the code, i.e. all problems relating to the code development (the design, bugs, usability, performance, etc.) exist in tests. When you automate the testing, you actually implement the new functionality in your system. Thus, you should develop tests as any other features.

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