My Innovative Solution to Test Automation: Debug Automated E2E Web Test Scripts Intuitively and Proficiently

The approach can save automated testers a few hours every day, which is a common feedback I received from mentees.

Zhimin Zhan

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This is included in the “My Innovative Solution to Test Automation and Continuous Testing” series.

This is my 500th article on Medium, and I have been waiting to publish this my favourite one.

Table of Contents:
· Debugging is required, as in coding, for E2E Test Automation
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Developer’s Debugging Approach is Not Appropriate
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The Right Approach to Debugging Automated E2E (Web) Tests
A Programmer’s immediate reaction to a bug in the code
An automated tester’s immediate reaction to a test failure
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The Code Debugging is too complex, slow and less intuitive for End-to-End Test Automation
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Case Study 1: An assertion failure
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Case Study 2: A waiting-related test failure
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How much more productivity will this debugging approach enhance for automated testers?
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How Did I come up with the idea?

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