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Craig Risi
Apr 25, 20248 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools – Katalon Studio
With the popularity of open-source automation tools like Selenium, it has become difficult for many companies wanting to build automation...


Craig Risi
Mar 29, 20246 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Sahi
Today I’m returning to test automation and looking at a tool that at one time was considered one of the fastest-growing web automation...


Craig Risi
Mar 8, 20248 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Yest
Most of the testing tools I’ve been looking at so far deal with the aspect of testing at or post the development stage. However, today I...


Craig Risi
Feb 17, 20247 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Applitools Eyes
In today’s blog on testing tools, I wanted to focus on a tool that does something a little different than what we’ve covered before. An...


Craig Risi
Jan 26, 20247 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - ALM/QC
In my look at different testing tools I still intend on unpacking some JIRA plug-ins further. However, before doing that, I thought I...


Craig Risi
Jan 11, 20245 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - XRay
We started the year looking at JIRA, but before I look at other similar tools, I wanted to spend some time looking at some added...


Craig Risi
Jan 5, 20246 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - JIRA
I want to start this year off by looking at different workflow management, test management, and defect tools and how they can add value...


Craig Risi
Nov 24, 20236 min read
Factors to consider in choosing a test management tool
In my previous post I looked at what Test Management tools are generally good for and asked the question of whether you need one or not....

Craig Risi
Nov 16, 20236 min read
Are test management tools necessary?
In my analysis of different testing tools, I thought I would discuss the important topic of test management tools. This could be a...


Craig Risi
Nov 2, 20236 min read
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
Oct 12, 20238 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
Sep 8, 20237 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 1, 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
Aug 18, 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 10, 20235 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
Jul 27, 20236 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 14, 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 6, 20237 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
Jun 9, 20236 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 1, 20235 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....
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