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The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools – Axios, Mocha, and Chai
Now when we think of testing tools, we normally think of one tool in its entirety. But in the modern open-source development world and...
Craig Risi
Sep 1, 20237 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Test Tools – JMeter
When it comes to testing and automation, we may focus on tools from a UI, API, or performance perspective – but in essence, there are a...
Craig Risi
Aug 18, 20237 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools – RestAssured
There are many different types of APIs out there, but if you as an organization are dealing with only REST-based APIs, then RestAssured...
Craig Risi
Aug 10, 20235 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools - SoapUI
Today I want to look at the next testing tool in my API testing tool series. And that tool is SoapUI. Postman might be one of the most...
Craig Risi
Jul 27, 20236 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools - Postman
I discussed in my last blog post about what makes an effective API testing tool and now I want to spend my next few posts looking at the...
Craig Risi
Jul 14, 20236 min read


What makes a great API testing tool
I’m continuing my series on looking at different testing tools, but now that I’ve done a wide range of UI test automation tools, I want...
Craig Risi
Jul 6, 20237 min read


Improving CI/CD Pipelines through Observability
I wanted to take a short break from my series on testing tools and showcase some content which I had previously written for InfoQ. If...
Craig Risi
Jun 23, 202314 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different UI automation test tools - Cucumber
When it comes to testing tools, one of the fine balancing acts that tools developers need to make is how to make their tool easy to use...
Craig Risi
Jun 9, 20236 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different UI automation test tools - TestComplete
I started off this series looking at some of the bigger commercial tools, before then moving on to some of the bigger open-source tools....
Craig Risi
Jun 1, 20235 min read


The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Robot Framework
The last few open-source testing tools that I’ve looked at have been primarily built around Java or Node.JS-related technologies – even...
Craig Risi
May 19, 20235 min read
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