#software-testing

Why Your Synthetic Test Data Still Misses Production Bugs?

Your applications don’t fail because customer names look fake. They fail because the behaviors your production systems depend on never…

I Built a Resilient Event Router in Ballerina — Then Tested the Assumptions Behind It

Extracting a reusable delivery library from a healthcare alert service, and the two assumptions that only failed under test.

Testing a Production-Ready Kotlin Multiplatform Application — Part 7

A practical testing strategy for shared business logic, ViewModels, Flow, Ktor, SQLDelight, Android Compose, and iOS — without duplicating…

Playwright MCP and AI Agents: The Future of Intelligent Test Automation

Introduction

Mutation Testing: Your Tests Are Lying and Math Can Prove It

I have worked on more than one project where code coverage was treated as the goal instead of a proxy for one. Leadership wanted a number…

Issue Tracking for QA Teams: Why It Matters and How to Get It Right

Quality assurance has changed a lot over the last decade. Testing is no longer a phase that happens right before release it’s woven into…

What’s New in Playwright 1.62: A Game-Changer for Component Testing, Resiliency, and AI Integration

Discover the latest features in Playwright v1.62, including the reimagined Component Testing model, AbortSignal support, WebP screenshot…

Mastering Room v3: Auto-Migrations and Schema Validation

Playwright: Automating Passkey Login with WebAuthn

We are already familiar with simple login with username and password, but many services and applications are starting to use a newer…

I Had a Bad Day With Test Failures. Then I Built an MCP Agent So It Never Happens Again

Sometimes the most useful thing a bad day can do is make you angry enough to fix something properly.

Playwright File Upload and Download Testing: A Complete Guide for Modern Test Automation

File upload and download functionality is a core part of many modern web applications. Users upload profile pictures, invoices, CSV files…

Playwright 1.62 Isn’t Just Another Release — It’s the First AI-Native Testing Framework

Playwright 1.62 introduces more than new features — it signals a shift in how modern test automation frameworks are being designed. Instead…

Load Testing and E2E Testing Shouldn’t Live in Two Different Worlds

Most testing setups I’ve seen split into two disconnected silos: a load-testing tool (k6, JMeter, Gatling) running somewhere in CI or a…

Generative Acceptance Testing: The End of Hand-Maintained Browser Tests

LLM agents finally make it possible, but only if the LLM is never allowed to grade its own work.

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿?

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿? 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂.

Black Box Testing vs White Box Testing: Why Modern QA Teams Need Both

One tests the software from the user’s perspective. The other validates the code behind it. Together they build reliable software.

How We Use tree-sitter and Call Graph Analysis to Generate Test Cases from Code

Most AI test generators read code the same way a developer skims it. We parse the syntax tree and trace the call graph. Here is why that…

QA Learning Journal #3: Understanding Data Types & Operators

While learning Playwright, I quickly realized that writing automation scripts is about much more than interacting with web elements. Every…

GitHub Actions ile Java Test Otomasyonunda SSH Tunnel Kullanarak Güvenli Veritabanı Bağlantısı…

İlk bölümde neden SSH Tunnel mimarisine ihtiyaç duyduğumuzu ve genel sistem tasarımını incelemiştik. Bu bölümde ise aynı mimarinin…

Why Autonomous Testing Is Becoming Essential for Modern Software Development

Software development is entering a phase where code can be generated, modified, and deployed faster than conventional quality processes can…

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆?

🚀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆? 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽.

White Box Testing vs. Black Box Testing: Understanding the Key Differences

Introduction

The $40,000 Bug We Shipped Because Nobody Knew the Difference Between Alpha and Beta

Two words that sound like jargon, one launch that taught me they are not.

QA Learning Journal #2: Understanding Variables — var, let & const

After understanding how JavaScript runs inside the V8 Engine, the next logical step is to understand how we actually write JavaScript.

Test-Driven Development Eğitim Serisi — Bölüm 31 — Code Review Kültürü

Faz 7: Sosyoloji, Süreç ve Olgunluk

Birim Testi (Unit Test) Neden Gereklidir?

Yazılım geliştirirken en sık karşılaşılan sorunlardan biri, kodun bir yerini güncellerken farkında olmadan başka bir işlevi bozmaktır…

Testing Strategies in Software Development: A Practical Guide for Developers Who Skipped Testing…

How to think about testing, how much of each type you actually need, and how AI is changing the game -explained with real-world examples.

Testing in an Agentic World

Your agents will write, run, and repair your tests. Whether that helps or hurts depends on three choices most teams are making backwards…

From Manual to Automated Software Testing Tools: The Learning Curve Nobody Prepares You For

Switching from manual testing to automated software testing tools sounds straightforward in theory. You stop clicking through interfaces…

Common QA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

In an era where digital platforms must evolve without disruption, quality engineering has become a key enabler of sustainable…

How to Fix Flaky Tests Without Slowing Down Your Development Cycle

Nothing is more frustrating than seeing your CI pipeline fail because a test that passed yesterday suddenly fails today. If you’re…

I Asked AI to Design a Production-Ready QA Framework — Here’s What I Kept, What I Changed, and What…

A hands-on breakdown of using AI as a design partner for a Playwright + TypeScript test automation framework — and why the final…

The Engineering Manager Playbook That Turns Flaky Tests From Morale Killer Into Promotion…

A practical system for quantifying flaky test impact in developer hours, building a business case that leadership funds, and structuring…

GitHub Actions ile Java Test Otomasyonunda SSH Tunnel Kullanarak Güvenli Veritabanı Bağlantısı…

Bu seride, Java tabanlı bir test otomasyon framework’üne SSH Tunnel desteğinin nasıl eklendiğini adım adım inceleyeceğiz. GitHub Actions…

Testing Without Postman: Jest, Mocks, and the Event Bus That Almost Got in the Way

Why manually clicking through a dozen services stopped working, and how automated tests took over.

The Test Automation Tools Evaluation Nobody Does Until the Suite Stops Working

There is a specific moment most engineering teams can identify if they think about it honestly. The test suite used to feel like an asset…

Your Python Tests Are Passing. Your APIs Are Not Doing What They Say

A green test suite tells you your code ran without crashing. It does not tell you your API is honest.

Vercel Reinvents React Native, Sub-Second OTA Updates, and an X Button Finally Doing Its Job

You’re reading The React Native Rewind #49.

Top Software Testing Trends Every QA Team Should Watch in 2026

Software development is moving at a pace that conventional testing methods can no longer support. Quicker release cycles, increasingly…

The DORA Metrics That Matter Most When Your Team Is Deploying on AWS Multiple Times a Day

Deploying multiple times a day on AWS is easy to do and surprisingly hard to do well.

Automated Software Testing Tools ROI for SaaS Companies: What Actually Works

You are running a SaaS company. Someone on your engineering team says you need automated software testing tools. They say it will save…

Advanced Mockito: Argument Captors, Spies, Answers, and Mocking Pitfalls

Most Java developers know exactly one Mockito incantation: when(x).thenReturn(y). It's the first thing you learn and, for many, the last…

When Self-Healing Test Automation Becomes Self-Hiding Bugs | AI in Software Testing

Every QA engineer has experienced the frustration of opening a CI/CD pipeline only to find dozens of failed tests caused by a simple UI…

QA Learning Journal #1: Understanding the V8 JavaScript Engine

A Small Hello 👋

Testing in .NET #1 — Unit Testing ile Sağlam Temeller Atmak

Test Neden Yazılır?

The Verifier Was Verified

Building an autonomous escrow, and the loop that caught the bug we almost shipped blind

Challenges in Implementing Continuous Testing

Introduction

Software Testing Does Not Slow Teams Down. The Fear of Breaking Things Does

There is a belief that circulates in engineering teams, usually unspoken, that shows up in how decisions get made under pressure.

As a QA Engineer, I Wanted to Know Why CI/CD Fails. Here Is What I Found.

Continuous Integration is a team culture, not just a software pipeline. Here are the 6 non-negotiable rules we ignore.

The Regression Testing Habit That Changed How I Think About Shipping Code

I used to think deployment confidence was something senior developers just had. They would push code with a calm that felt almost casual…