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CI/CD automated testing: How to release fast, with confidence
If you’ve got an agile team interested in shipping fast without breaking things, this post is for you. In this piece, I’m going to explain how we at Rainforest QA approach automated testing in a...
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The practical guide to QA strategy for startups
Whether you’re formulating your startup’s first QA strategy or you’ve realized your existing strategy is undermining your otherwise-agile methodologies, this post is for you. In this piece, we focus...
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The top 9 tools for automated front-end testing in 2024
Front-end testing is a form of black box software testing in that it requires no behind-the-scenes understanding of how a software application works. It’s solely concerned with evaluating the user...
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10 codeless test automation tools and what you should know
If you and your team are ready to transition from the slog of manual testing to faster automated tests, codeless test automation tools might hold a lot of appeal. Chances are, you don’t have and don’t...
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15+ automated testing tools for web applications in 2024
If you’re interested in automating the testing of your web application, there are three categories of tools to understand: Open-source frameworks like Selenium and Cypress Low-code tools No-code tools...
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10 free test automation tools (and their hidden costs)
If you’re just getting started with software testing, or you’re looking to switch from manual testing to automation, the idea of a free test automation tool can be pretty appealing. Theoretically, a...
View ArticleWatch now: Generative AI automatically heals tests in Rainforest
We consistently hear from engineering leaders that automated test maintenance is a painful, mindless exercise that takes too much time away shipping code — the main goal of any startup software team....
View ArticleFinally, QA doesn’t have to suck
Our goal has always been to fix QA. With today’s release, we’re closer than anyone else to doing it. Tests in Rainforest now fix themselves, creating more reliable results while allowing your team to...
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Building reliable systems out of unreliable agents
If you’ve tried building real-world features with AI, chances are that you’ve experienced reliability issues. It’s common knowledge that AI makes for great demos, but… questionable products. After...
View ArticleThe Rainforest Method: 5 essential QA testing best practices
Over a decade of helping startups improve quality, we’ve arrived at a set of QA testing best practices that work for teams shipping fast and frequently. They fit neatly into five organizing...
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No QA team? 5 ways to automate your tests and what to consider
Is your startup operating with no QA team and trying to figure out your options for improving software quality? Perhaps you’re proactively thinking about your QA process before quality becomes a...
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Rainforest QA vs. hiring a QA engineer
When you’re ready to make the transition from manual testing to test automation, it’s natural to consider hiring. A QA engineer — who has the technical skills to write and maintain automated tests in...
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Rainforest QA vs. outsourced QA engineering
When you’re ready to automate your manual tests, outsourcing is an affordable and flexible way to add QA engineers to your team — at least relative to hiring full-time contributors. But outsourcing —...
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Rainforest QA vs. no- and low-code test automation tools
If you’re ready to automate your manual tests but don’t have the budget for hiring or outsourcing, no- and low-code tools like Katalon, Testim, and Mabl can seem pretty appealing. The promise of no-...
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The practical guide to QA strategy for startups
Whether you’re formulating your startup’s first QA strategy or you’ve realized your existing strategy is undermining your otherwise-agile methodologies, this post is for you. In this piece, we focus...
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The top 9 tools for automated front-end testing in 2024
Front-end testing is a form of black box software testing in that it requires no behind-the-scenes understanding of how a software application works. It’s solely concerned with evaluating the user...
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10 codeless test automation tools and what you should know
If you and your team are ready to transition from the slog of manual testing to faster automated tests, codeless test automation tools might hold a lot of appeal. Chances are, you don’t have and don’t...
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The unexpected costs of test automation maintenance and how to avoid them [Data]
Since 2020, we’ve worked with hundreds of startups transitioning from manual software testing to test automation. Over that time, we’ve repeatedly seen teams underestimate the costs of test automation...
View ArticleSurprise, your data warehouse can RAG
If you’re one of the cool kids building AI-based products you’ve probably heard of — or are already doing — RAG. If you’re not, let me tell you what RAG is before telling you one weird fact about it....
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Think twice before you hire a QA engineer
When you’re ready to automate your manual tests, you might naturally think you need to hire someone with a technical skill set who specializes in automating end-to-end tests. That is, you might think...
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