Avoid these mistakes to build automation that survives UI changes, validates outcomes properly, and provides useful feedback.

The (narrow but very important) problem: Test scripts used for version 1.0 of an application will probably break when applied to version 2.0 of that application. Testers try to edit old test scripts ...

When you write a PowerShell script how do you truly know it worked? Do you define it to be successful when it doesn't throw an error? If so, what about those times when you might have accidentally ...

Protocol analyzers, data generators, voice-over-IP (VoIP) testers, and other test equipment come with graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Generally, a GUI is all you need to run many test applications, ...

All QA professionals know the difference between a test script and a test case and the overlap between them, but few have the patience to analyze each. It can speed up testing and make tests more ...

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SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, announced a new version of TestComplete that redefines how functional and performance testing is done with script ...

This post follows up on Part 1 by examining the many ways that you can test the value of variables – e.g., whether they equal particular strings like “yes” or “no”, if they have a numeric value, if ...