Mobile testing and automation

My website doesn’t crash but why do my apps crash so much?

Though on the surface looks like a naive question but it nevertheless a valid one

A key distinction to make Apps are not Websites. Native apps are more akin to desktop applications, rather than websites…

Asserting text — without hardcoding strings in android through appium, wd

A frequent challenge in automation is to create assertions that are flexible and maintainable. For instance, in the following screen if I want to assert that the text of the ‘Send’ button in fact ‘Send’

Root cause analysis of a flaky test and its resolution

In the past few weeks I have been on a mission to get 💚 master build. We run the whole suite of ~270 espresso tests and they have been flaky for a looong time. This is the dirty secret of many a test automation engineers including me…

Mind mapping for software testing

My wife introduced me to mind maps about 7 years ago with free mind and even from first, it seemed an efficient way to organize learning. But I have been ignoring this technique for a long time.

Root cause analysis — the good and the bad

As a quality driver on the team, I think it is a worthwhile initiative for an SDET to organize an RCA session every sprint. The motivation behind this session is to identify patterns