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What test automation tools and approached to use
I don't think there is one universal approach to tool selection..
That is correct! I would like to explain which experience we made in our company.
Regarding the challenges:
Language: In our ...
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What test automation tools and approached to use
I don't think there is one universal approach to tool selection, let alone to tool selection for test automation.
There are many areas and questions you need to consider before going for a particulat ...
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Are DevOps tools mandatory to survive in Automation Testing field?
I think you got your base assumption wrong, DevOps is not a silo skill and profession that you either have or not, belong to or don't.
Knowing how to use AWS cloud, Docker, Kubernates or Google cloud ...
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Testing tools: poor documentation vs investigating yourself
Be more aware and selective
Is my main advice on how to handle tool selection. Don't just pick a tool 'cos it does the job today. Spend some time reviewing it. This happens to me a lot in my Ruby ...
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Is it must to learn RPA tools apart from web automation tools like Selenium?
Should a manual tester learn automation? Should a automation engineer learn DevOps? Should a DevOps engineer learn development? The questions go on and the answer is always the same "Depends on ...
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How to compare two files without looking at the contents
You can generate the hash of the contents, and then compare the hashes. If the hashes are identical, the files are the same.
In ruby it would look something like this.
md5hashFile1 = Hash(file1)
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How to compare two files without looking at the contents
How about hashing the contents and comparing the results? As other folks say this requires opening the files in some fashion. So if you aren't allowed to see content you might need to create this as ...
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How to compare two files without looking at the contents
That depends on what you mean when you say "open" and what result you anticipate when you compare. You have to read both files in some way to compare them. File size won't give you reliable result. ...
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What test automation tools and approached to use
First, determine the business objective
In order to answer the questions about what to use, first determine the business objectives such as:
What speed is needed for deploying changes ?
What is the ...
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Are there any automation tools which have a feature to first check (as a pre-request) for Internet connection up or down before script execution?
I suppose there is no such generic tool since the requirements are too unclear, why check just internet connection ?
Most test frameworks have a pre suite or pre test step where you can easily ...
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Are there any automation tools which have a feature to first check (as a pre-request) for Internet connection up or down before script execution?
I like this question.
It's true, many of the tools and languages and test frameworks could benefit from something like this. However this isn't really a forum where we get to 'ask vendors to please ...
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Install Microsoft Test Manager Tool only
Microsoft Test Manager isn't part of the free Visual Studio Community edition and has to be paid for. It also isn't part of Visual Studio 2019 anymore. Seems Microsoft decided moving test case ...
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Tips to setup a high performance software testing lab?
Full-controlled, Scalable, and Isolated are my key.
For high-performance testing (in case of throughput or load test), reaching the maximum capacity or break-out point of the software is main goal. ...
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How to get body data in logs for each request in K6
You can just use your the object from your request.
For example
let res = http.post(url, payload,params);
console.log(res.body);
I've found that with some json, nulls have caused issues. In those ...
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What Test Automation skills should a Engineer posses in 2021?
Testers' skills in high demand for 2021:
(same as for 2020, 2019, 2018...)
eye for detail
general IT competence
communication skills
continuous learner
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Will AI based test automation tools make selenium webdriver obsolete in few years?
It is hard to predict the future. You might need new (AI) skills to work on new projects. Keep in mind old projects exist for a long time. Some programmers still program in Cobol and are paid very ...
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GUI tool for API testing with possibility to choose HTTP protocol version
I created a GUI tool for testing HTTP requests, with support for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. It has full compatibility with existing Postman collections and environments.
https://github.com/alexandrehtrb/...
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GUI tool for API testing with possibility to choose HTTP protocol version
In the version of Insomnia I am using (2021.3.0) you can change the HTTP version in the settings. The options are Default, HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1, HTTP/2
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Desktop automation of c# applications
I have had success in the past using AutoIT. Don't let the talk of their scripting language distract you though. It also comes with a DLL/COM to allow you to use virtually any high or low level code.
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Is there any tool for generating decision table from cause effect graph?
BenderRBT test case design tool has cause-effect graphing test case design component. Manual is available here.
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Are there any non-unit testing frameworks for visual studio or other?
I have to admit, I'm a bit unclear on what you're trying to do. However, if you need to take a series of steps and see the result of those interactions, I would look at tools like Fitnesse or Specflow....
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