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Quality Assurance Introduction to QA Engineering Executing Tests Regression and Configuration Testing

jacobb2
jacobb2
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Posted by jacobb2
jacobb2
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How else could we test all the browsers/operating systems? The ideas mentioned in this video cost a lot of money.

How else could we test all the browsers/operating systems? The ideas mentioned in this video cost a lot of money. Are there more cost-effective ways?

jacobb2
jacobb2
14,128 Points
jacobb2
jacobb2
14,128 Points

I know we can use automation such as Selenium but it seems like it isn't stable with all the operating systems Example: Look up all the issues with Selenium and IE/Edge

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Ryan Saul
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Ryan Saul
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Ryan Saul
Ryan Saul
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Good question! You really have only 2 options: manually test each browser in each system or automate some part of the process in a tool like selenium or appium.

But you're right, its expensive. The next approach is to figure out where to best spend the limited amount of time and money you have.

I think there should be discussion of what your most used browser and OS is. If its Safari on iOS, take some time to figure out mobile automation tools like Appium. If its Chrome on Windows, you should try to figure out a Selenium framework such as NightwatchJS. If most of your users are on a particular browser, then running tests there often is going to give you a higher quality product for most of your users.

You can also look into getting help from a manual test shop overseas.