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

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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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, ...

The instructions in a test program. It defines the actions and pass/fail criteria. For example, if the action is "to enter a valid account number," the expected result is that the data are accepted.

The Test-Path cmdlet can keep you from going bonkers by offering a little bit of script pre-error-handling. I always encourage people to add as much error handling as ...