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Functional Testing in the Era of Remote Work: Challenges and Solutions

The fast-changing world of software development requires functional testing to ensure application compliance and user satisfaction. This crucial software testing phase checks application functionality for compliance. Automation testing simulates user scenarios to find bugs before software delivery, ensuring quality.

New in Playwright: detect and close unpredictable overlays with "addLocatorHandler"

Discover the latest feature of Playwright 1.42 — `page.addLocatorHandler`. If you're tired of randomly appearing cookie banners breaking your end-to-end tests or want to automatically close all these intercom widgets, this method is right up your alley. With `addLocatorHandler`, handling elements that randomly pop up becomes a breeze! In the video, we'll show you how the new Playwright method works in practice and why it makes end-to-end testing and synthetic monitoring so much easier.

Compare Tests In RapidSpike

Last year we released the “Failure Analysis” dashboard to allow you to compare a failing result with the latest successful one. The feedback was universally positive: users loved being able to compare tests! So we have now released a full comparison tool to allow you to compare any two User Journey or Page Load test results on your website(s). Website test comparison can be useful for analysing and testing website changes.

Why is Test Automation Reporting Important for Software Development?

If you're working in a software company, you are probably already using test automation tools to automate the software testing process. But are you creating testing reports just as fast and accurately as the executed tests? The test reports have a lot of elements that you need to meticulously write down without making any mistakes. And it takes a lot of time.

How to run your Playwright end-to-end tests in SloMo

Sometimes you want to follow along your Playwright tests without starting a full debugging session. Learn in this video how to slow down your Playwright end-to-end tests, to see and watch exactly what's happening in your testing scripts. Use the "slowMo" launch option configuration to add delays inbetween all Playwright actions. More cool Playwright and Synthetic Monitoring tips coming your way soon!

Why organisations across Australia should embrace Test Data Management

In an era marked by the convergence of Big Data, hybrid cloud use, and the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence, organisations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region find themselves at a critical juncture. The ability to collect, manage, and leverage data effectively is now a determining factor for competitive advantage – and will become more competitive.

How to end-to-end test and monitor your login flows with Playwright and Checkly

In this video, Stefan from Checkly demonstrates how to monitor a login and authentication flow using Checkly and Microsoft's Playwright. Stefan guides you through the entire process. If you're interested in end-to-end testing or synthetic monitoring, this video is for you. Drop a question below or leave a comment!