By Eduard Dubilyer, CTO of Skipper Soft In our previous discussion on Playwright and dynamic elements, we explored how modern web applications create challenges for test automation due to asynchronous content loading, UI shifts, and unstable locators. But there’s another major factor that complicates automation: localization. When a web application supports multiple languages, elements can…
By Eduard Dubilyer, CTO of Skipper Soft In the fast-evolving landscape of web applications, test automation faces a critical challenge: handling dynamic elements that can derail even the most carefully crafted test suites. As the CTO of Skipper Soft, a specialized test automation services company, I’ve witnessed firsthand how unpredictable web elements can transform automation…
By Eduard Dubilyer , CTO of Skipper Soft Over the past 4 years, I’ve personally built 26 automation frameworks and consulted dozens of startups. And I keep seeing the same painful pattern repeat: They try to build test automation the hard way.It ends up burning time, budget – and trust. ❌ 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 #1: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧…
By Eduard Dubilyer , CTO of Skipper Soft 🔍 Introduction AI-powered test automation is transforming how we design and execute tests. Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate test ideas, automation scripts, and intelligent test coverage suggestions without manual scripting. However, when third parties access your environment, there’s always a risk of exposure or misuse. But…
🧐 Why This Matters? As QA professionals, we continuously seek tools that make testing faster, smarter, reliable and more efficient. Traditional UI test automation requires coding, maintenance, constant debugging, writing complex scripts, maintaining flaky tests and debugging failures – a time-consuming process. Now, imagine an open-source, AI-powered tool that simplifies UI testing without deep scripting….
We recently had the opportunity to work with a company that already had a well-established test automation process. Their tech lead and automation engineers were doing great work, but they approached us to see if we could help them optimize their existing framework. They were confident in what they had, but wanted a second opinion…
Imagine having a 20-year-old legacy product, part of it running on JSP, and some new pages on React Native. Now, imagine trying to test this with an automation framework that works fine for the new pages but is painfully slow and inefficient for the legacy ones. Sounds familiar? This was exactly the challenge of our…
By Eduard Dubilyer, CTO & Automation Testing Expert at Skipper Soft As a CTO deeply immersed in automation, I’ve often faced the challenge of fragmented logging in automation frameworks. Picture this: logs scattered across the console for debugging, external tools like Report Portal for reporting, and redundant code tangled in the process. It’s a setup…
By Eduard Dubilyer, CTO & Automation Testing Expert at Skipper Soft I was excited when I started my first automation project over a decade ago. I had just joined a fast-growing tech company as their lead automation architect. The task was straightforward: build a robust automation framework that could scale with the company’s aggressive growth….
By Igor Goldshmidt, Testing & Quality Engineering Expert Introduction Test automation can transform your software development process, but jumping in without proper planning can lead to wasted resources and frustration. Before embarking on this journey, R&D leaders need to ask the right questions to ensure their company is ready. Let’s explore what happens when you…