I have been holding off starting with JavaScript for a while. Even when given a chance a few years ago, I chose Python as it might give me an edge in data analytics. Recently, I took the Test Automation University course by Alan Richardson AKA Evil Tester. …

I saw a request earlier this week from my team where they are trying to update a specific field in Jira, in this case, “labels” for hundreds of Zephyr tests. While the task is simple, the big question here is whether it is worth the time of an individual to…

Zephyr for Jira (Squad / Scale) is a native application that resides in Jira and brings test management capabilities to any Jira project. It adds the following capabilities. For more information on the capabilities of Zephyr and how it can help agile teams, refer to this article. Zephyr’s Test Automation…

In the new series of automating boring stuff, I will tell you how I automated our team’s weekly status reports with Python. The Boring stuff? While they are important, generating the daily, weekly, and monthly status are really daunting and boring. If your ecosystem consists of visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau…

Whether you personally like it or not, Jira is the #1 software development tool used by agile teams globally. Especially if you are in a big organization, then Jira is most often the go-to tool for every member of your team to plan, track and release software. …

The following are some of my favorite quotes on automation. Most of them talk about automation in general, and most probably made in the times of machines started replacing men and women in the manufacturing sector. In this article, I will try to apply these quotes to test automation. A…

Postman is one of those essential tools in every API developer and tester’s arsenal. It is widely used and loved by everyone due to its simplicity and abundance of features. Often, when you will have to quickly test a RESTful service or build a collection of requests and responses, Postman…

Have you ever wondered what’s in your monthly utility bills or statements that you receive from the financial institutions? How do you check what has changed (visually test) since the last bill? Did they add new fees, taxes or is there a change in the terms and conditions or even…

Automated visual testing has gained popularity recently in the test automation community. Thanks to tools like Applitools and Test Automation University! But visual testing using images is not new. It has always been one of the quickest ways to identify issues in the GUI. Instead of writing code to validate…