I’ve been spoiled by the relative ease of creating automated tests for web applications and web pages, as “driving” those interfaces using elements like xPaths and IDs is often a straightforward process - assuming I’m not working with something sloppily written and/or...

There are a number of fantastic test automation blogs on the Internets® that cover learning proper Gherkin syntax.  We’ll overlap with some of that, but this guide is more specifically for working Gherkin syntax to fit your team and project, and determining when it...

We get distracted and are often hurried when designing test cases, as everything is on a tightly project-managed deadline these days…but are they good?  What makes a “good” test case?  Let’s start by level setting on a definition of a test case…Scouring the trusty...

One of Tryon Solutions' own test automation experts, James Prior, brings you his thoughts on seven notable trends in the test automation industry over the next 12-18 months. 1. Less Low-Level Coding in Automation The industry has been moving in this direction for a...

We’ve paid homage to Jenkins in a previous blog post singing its praises for being open-source and relatively easy-to-use; now let’s look at requirements and a high-level overview of how to set it up.  First, we should level-set on key definitions before...

Evan Edwards is the Vice President of Engineering for Tryon Solutions and oversees the development of Cycle, our behavior-driven test automation solution that allows all personnel to join the testing fold and helps implementation teams to deploy with...

In the 1970s, 1980s and well into the 1990s, software developers wore countless hats.  As the IT industry evolved more specialized roles were created, like the QA Tester and Developer in Test, and more recently, the Test Automation Engineer.  Very small teams creating...