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Exploring how AI‑driven tooling in Playwright and TypeScript transforms modern test automation, from failure analysis to LLM‑powered agents.

Simplify your CI/CD workflow by using the Allure Results Combiner and Publisher GitHub Action to automatically merge and publish reports from parallel test runs.

Leverage the power of WebDriver BiDi in Selenium Python to automatically capture console logs and JavaScript errors for faster test failure diagnosis.

A practical guide on how to pin browser and driver versions in Selenium Python to avoid unexpected failures caused by new, unstable releases in CI/CD.

Solve frustrating CI/CD failures by automatically synchronizing Playwright and browser versions between your Python project and GitHub Actions workflow.

Learn to create more resilient and maintainable tests in Playwright TypeScript by configuring and using custom test IDs for element selection.

A practical guide to implementing data-driven testing in Playwright TypeScript by reading test data from external Excel files.

Enhance your Allure reports by automatically attaching the public IP address on test failure using a custom Playwright TypeScript auto-fixture.

Implement dynamic base URLs in your Playwright TypeScript tests using environment variables in GitHub Actions for seamless testing across different environments.

Optimize your CI/CD pipeline by running Playwright TypeScript tests in parallel using GitHub Actions' matrix strategy and Playwright's native sharding.

A guide to distributing Playwright Python tests across multiple machines in parallel using GitHub Actions and pytest-split to dramatically reduce execution time.

Learn how to create a flexible GitHub Actions workflow that allows for both scheduled regression runs and on-demand execution with custom pytest commands.

Improve test readability and robustness by configuring Playwright to use custom 'data-test' attributes for element selection with the get_by_test_id() method.

Optimize your test execution time by using Playwright to programmatically manipulate browser local storage, bypassing repetitive UI steps to set up application state.

Enhance your test analysis by automatically uploading and linking Playwright traces and videos of failed tests to your Allure reports using GitHub Actions.

A practical guide to integrating Axe with Playwright and Python to automate web accessibility checks and ensure an inclusive user experience.

Speed up your test suite by using Pytest fixtures and Playwright's session storage to bypass repeated logins and persist authenticated sessions.

A guide to maximizing the browser window in Playwright with Pytest fixtures to ensure consistent visual testing and capture full-page error details.

Learn how to implement dynamic base URLs in your Selenium and Playwright Python tests using GitHub Actions for flexible environment management.

Learn how to implement custom user agents in Selenium and Playwright Python to bypass security bot detection and ensure smooth test automation.

A step-by-step guide to setting up a pre-merge testing pipeline using GitHub Actions, including code formatting checks with Black and import sorting with isort.

Learn how to programmatically edit browser cookies in Selenium Python, a feature not natively supported, to test different user states and scenarios.

Overcome Selenium's viewport limitation by using the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) to capture full-page screenshots in your Python tests.

A guide on capturing and attaching crucial browser data like session/local storage, cookies, and console logs to Allure reports for better debugging.

Learn how to automatically add Git commit information to Allure reports in a Python project using GitPython, improving debugging and traceability.

A step-by-step guide to resolving the cglib compatibility issue that prevents Appium from working with JDK 17, enabling you to use the latest Java features.

Learn how to use Lombok's @ExtensionMethod feature to add new, readable methods to Selenium's WebDriver class without modifying its source code.

An overview of recent updates to a Selenium Python example project, including CI/CD improvements, dependency automation with Dependabot, and enhanced reporting.

Explore architectural approaches for creating a reusable, independent automation infrastructure as a product using GitHub Actions and Maven.

Learn how to automatically attach the public IP address of the test execution machine to Allure reports for enhanced debugging of failed tests.

A step-by-step guide to building a complete CI/CD pipeline for Python-based E2E tests using Pytest, Allure, Selenoid, and GitHub Actions.

A guide on using a TestNG listener and JavaScript to display the current test name in a pop-up window, enhancing visibility during test execution.

Learn how to replace magic numbers and strings with Java Enums to make your Selenium test code more readable and maintainable.

Discover how to use Java 13's Text Blocks feature to simplify multi-line strings and improve the readability of your API tests.

A practical guide to securing sensitive data like passwords in your test automation framework by using system environment variables.

Implement a TestNG listener in Java to automatically skip tests marked with 'Issue' annotations, improving report clarity by focusing on passing tests.

Learn how to enrich Allure reports in Java by automatically embedding Git version control data like commit ID and branch for better test traceability.

A comprehensive guide to various methods for initializing Selenium WebDriver in Java, from local executables to Selenium Grid and WebDriverManager.

Discover how to reduce code duplication and the number of test classes by implementing the Adapter design pattern for handling multiple form submissions.

A guide on using Java's JShell as an interactive command-line interface for debugging Selenium WebDriver tests line-by-line.

Learn to create a custom Telnet function using Java and PowerShell to check service availability as a precondition for end-to-end tests.

Learn how to use the builder pattern in Java to improve the readability and maintainability of your test automation code.

A guide on running API test suites using a Docker container with Newman, isolating the test environment for consistent and scalable execution.

Learn how to use NUnit 3's Multiple Asserts feature to write faster, more efficient tests by aggregating all assertion failures in a single run.

A review of the WebdriverIO REPL interface, a command-line tool for running Selenium commands interactively for easier debugging and exploration.

A practical guide for mobile testers on using essential ADB commands for taking screenshots, capturing logs, and recording videos of Android devices.