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Splitting Regression Tests on an E-commerce Backend
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Splitting Regression Tests on an E-commerce Backend

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In this article, Mikhail Golikov, the sole QA on a seven-team backend e-commerce platform, explains where each regression check belongs, in the browser or at the API. He shares the rule he actually uses, two bugs that only one layer could have caught, and the realization that finally made his browser suite small and stable. share share share share 

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Better Test Scripts: Untangling Your Spaghetti Test Code

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Test automation engineers often take not enough care of the test scripts. In many of software testing teams we work in, test code is treated much less carefully than production code. It is expected that the test scripts just work.

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Why Stable Test Environments Matter for Software Quality
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Why Stable Test Environments Matter for Software Quality

July 15, 2026 0

There are 4.3 million developers in the country, many of whom deploy code daily only to encounter a broken staging server. When staging environments constantly shift, finding bugs turns into a guessing game, causing delivery schedules to slip. Unpredictable test beds cost development teams valuable time and reduce release confidence.

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  • Testing Phone Verification in SaaS Products: Why OTP Alone Doesn’t Cover the Risk

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    Most SaaS products that require phone verification treat the problem as solved once an OTP flow is in place. The user submits a number, receives a code, enters it correctly, and the account is verified. From a test coverage perspective, the happy path and a few edge cases get covered. [...]

  • Website QA Testing for B2B Sites Before Launch

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  • How to Test Document Verification Workflows

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    Document verification looks simple from the outside: upload an ID, wait a few seconds, get approved or rejected. For QA teams, it’s rarely that neat. The flow touches image capture, data extraction, fraud checks, privacy controls, accessibility, error handling, and user trust. share share share share 

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    The rising trend of using SOA and then microservices as a software architecture has led to the creation of multiple tools for automated testing of the services API. This article presents a list of open source API testing tools. share share share share 

  • Open Source Test Management Tools

    December 2, 2025 4
    Test management is defined by Wikipedia a part of the software testing process that includes the planning of tests and test cases, their execution and the storage and analysis of the tests results. This is achieved also by the integration with requirements management tools, functional software testing tools like Selenium [...]

  • Streamline Quality Assurance Processes with Next-generation Test Management Tools

    November 25, 2025 0
    The challenges faced by QA teams can lead to delays and missed issues in software development. But AI-powered test management tools provide a way of improving efficiency, visibility, and overall software quality. share share share share 

  • Free Load Testing Tools & Services

    October 31, 2025 5
    The software development trend that shifts the target platform from the desktop to web, cloud and mobile applications has fostered the development of load testing services and performance testing tools on the web. It is an obvious option to use web-based and cloud-based load testing tools for applications that can [...]

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    This is a hands-on practical session about agile testing where participants split into groups and learn how to do story mapping and how to write Given-When-Then Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) tests. share share share share 

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