Testing can be challenging. No flowchart dictates which tests to implement in a given situation. It takes time and practice to get it right. The right combination of automation tests will run fast, test behavior, and allow for refactoring. It will provide targeted feedback for a faster response time. To determine your automation testing approach, analyze every situation and identify the challenges you need to address. By keeping these test automation best practices in mind, your software releases can be easy as pie!


This whitepaper outlines some test automation best practices and answers the following questions:

“What do we do with slow tests? Exactly...We don’t run them.”
- “Uncle Bob” (aka Robert C. Martin)