On content verification and why it’s important for UI testing (new feature)

Okay, this one might actually be a lesser-known term, so what you’re probably asking yourself right now is: what is content verification? To begin with, no, I’m not talking about Google’s content verification program or SSL Web Page Content Verification Certificates. Things are fairly simpler in our case.

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End of support for Selenium IDE in Firefox 55+. What can you do about it?

End of support for Selenium IDE in Firefox version 55 and newer (image credit: Freepik)

Mozilla’s decision to cease the support for Selenium IDE in Firefox 55 has drawn the attention of the testing community to a long-standing problem. We’ve all known for years that old-school record-playback tools underdeliver in the way of usefulness. Thanks to Mozilla, this has become more obvious.

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UI testing tips: Selenium locators best practices

Following Selenium locators best practices isn’t merely a good thing to do. Given how little it takes for UI testing to crumble into maintenance hell, having a good locator strategy is a must. And just like most things in UI testing, simple, robust locators aren’t that simple to build.

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20+ web automation tools to consider for your next projects

We’ve created Screenster as a product that embodies a specific vision of a web automation tool. We believe that testing automation should be about ROI, not the programming skills of your QA team. This vision defines our approach to the automated testing of web UIs, yet we realize that this approach is just one of many.

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Responsive design testing: tools, challenges, solutions

What’s so challenging about responsive design testing? Or should I say, what’s not challenging about it?

We all know that responsive web design testing can get tedious. A dozen of screen sizes, multiplied by the number of supported Webkits and Geckos. Oh, and how about IEs? Okay, I know I’m basically rubbing it in at this point…

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Using Jenkins CI for UI testing. Will Selenium do?

If you’ve ever used Jenkins CI for UI testing automation, you probably know it’s a terrific scheduler. Sure, Jenkins isn’t the only tool of its kind, but continuous integration with Jenkins has several advantages over other CI platforms.

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Screenster vs Sauce Labs: cloud testing tools compared

In the brave new world of 2017, UI regression testing tools shouldn’t take days to set up. Elimination of setup and configurations pains makes one solid case for taking your QA infrastructure to the cloud. Another obvious case for running tests on the cloud is streamlined collaboration — after all, software testing is a team effort.

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What is Regression Testing? Techniques and best practices

If you’ve been following this blog, you know that we are pretty serious about regression testing best practices. Visual regressions were the arch-enemies of our product AjaxSwing. To overcome them, we even created our own automated regression testing tool.

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Most important facts about regression testing tools in 2017

Why visual regression testing is so important

The World Wide Web is swarming with sites and web apps of all sorts. Each year, the competition keeps growing hotter in every segment.

For instance, this year there were almost 2.5 million of applications in Google Play alone. Nearly each day, a fresh new project gets released somewhere. Pick a specific niche, do a quick research, and you will find several rivaling companies com1peting in it.

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5 reasons to choose Screenster over your current UI testing automation tool

Looking for an efficient codeless solution for UI testing automation? Meet Screenster, a new cloud-based platform that brings speed and simplicity to UI testing. Here are five reasons why we’re different from (and better than 😉) our competition.

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