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The pros and cons of different testing tools – Gatling
Before I move on to other forms of testing tools, like Test Management Tools, I wanted to talk about one more performance testing tool,...
Craig Risi
Nov 2, 20236 min read


Effective Test Automation Approaches for Modern CI/CD Pipelines
I'm taking a break today from my tool evaluations to post an article I previously wrote for InfoQ. I feel it is a relevant topic at the...
Craig Risi
Oct 26, 20239 min read

The Pros and Cons of different test tools - k6
In my look at different testing tools, I’ve focused mostly on automation tools, but today I want to focus on a tool that is exclusively...
Craig Risi
Oct 12, 20238 min read

The Pros and Cons of Different Test Tools – Jest
In my previous blog post I spoke about the effectiveness of using the three different JavaScript libraries to help build an effective API...
Craig Risi
Sep 8, 20237 min read

The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools – Axios, Mocha, and Chai
Now when we think of testing tools, we normally think of one tool in its entirety. But in the modern open-source development world and...
Craig Risi
Sep 1, 20237 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Test Tools – JMeter
When it comes to testing and automation, we may focus on tools from a UI, API, or performance perspective – but in essence, there are a...
Craig Risi
Aug 18, 20237 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools – RestAssured
There are many different types of APIs out there, but if you as an organization are dealing with only REST-based APIs, then RestAssured...
Craig Risi
Aug 10, 20235 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools - SoapUI
Today I want to look at the next testing tool in my API testing tool series. And that tool is SoapUI. Postman might be one of the most...
Craig Risi
Jul 27, 20236 min read

The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools - Postman
I discussed in my last blog post about what makes an effective API testing tool and now I want to spend my next few posts looking at the...
Craig Risi
Jul 14, 20236 min read


What makes a great API testing tool
I’m continuing my series on looking at different testing tools, but now that I’ve done a wide range of UI test automation tools, I want...
Craig Risi
Jul 6, 20237 min read

Improving CI/CD Pipelines through Observability
I wanted to take a short break from my series on testing tools and showcase some content which I had previously written for InfoQ. If...
Craig Risi
Jun 23, 202314 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different UI automation test tools - Cucumber
When it comes to testing tools, one of the fine balancing acts that tools developers need to make is how to make their tool easy to use...
Craig Risi
Jun 9, 20236 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different UI automation test tools - TestComplete
I started off this series looking at some of the bigger commercial tools, before then moving on to some of the bigger open-source tools....
Craig Risi
Jun 1, 20235 min read

The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Robot Framework
The last few open-source testing tools that I’ve looked at have been primarily built around Java or Node.JS-related technologies – even...
Craig Risi
May 19, 20235 min read

The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Appium
The majority of the last open-source testing tools I’ve written about have been primarily web focused. Appium though is different as it...
Craig Risi
Apr 28, 20235 min read


The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Puppeteer
In my previous post, we spoke about one of the most exciting newcomers to the UI automation game in Playwright. Today, I want to briefly...
Craig Risi
Apr 13, 20234 min read


The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Playwright
There are many other popular open-source testing tools out there, but I thought I would next tackle one of the newer, but fastest-growing...
Craig Risi
Mar 31, 20235 min read


The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Cypress
For a long-time Selenium was the only open-source automation tool that could compete well enough with the bigger, commercial tools,...
Craig Risi
Mar 17, 20234 min read


The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Selenium
In this next part of my blog series on testing tools, we are looking at Selenium. Perhaps one of the most well-known and widely used...
Craig Risi
Mar 10, 20235 min read


The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Tosca
In my last post, I started looking at the different pros and cons of UI Automation tools, starting with UFT. Today, I will look at...
Craig Risi
Feb 24, 20235 min read
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