Fewer Tools, More Impact: An Automated Testing Strategy for Scale-Up
summary
A QA lead at a SaaS scale-up describes building a pragmatic automated testing strategy focused on API functional and integration tests. The team started with manual API checks, then automated them in a GitHub/AWS CI/CD pipeline to enable centralized reporting and production-ready acceptance criteria; tests now also include CVE scanning, open-port checks and performance checks to ensure security, stability and reliability despite limited QA resources.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:27Global test strategy
- 3:10Test order and tools
- 4:34API test automation Postman Newman
- 6:43UI test automation Selenium
- 7:46Test campaign management Squash
- 8:51Advanced tests and production criteria
- 9:56Two-year review and future
- 10:40Three key lessons
- 11:45Q&A
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