Zhimin Zhan’s Quotes on E2E Test Automation & Continuous Testing

Opinionated, based on 18 years of hands-on E2E Test Automation & Continuous Testing experience

Zhimin Zhan
5 min readOct 10, 2023

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This is a compilation of highlighted statements (by me and readers) from my 300+ articles. I will continue to expand it in the future.

Table of Contents
· End-to-End Test Automation (General)
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Web Test Automation
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Software Testing in General
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Misc

End-to-End Test Automation (General)

Working Automated Test ≠ Good Reliable Test
(source)

Efforts on E2E Test Automation
1. Test Creation, ~10% of total efforts
2. Test Stabilization and Refinement, ~30%
3. Ongoing maintenance, ~60%
(source)

The audience of Automated End-to-End Testing via UI is the whole team, not just automated testers and developers.
(source)

“Every software team member can benefit from running Automated End-to-End (via UI) Tests.”
(source)

Ruby is the Best Scripting Language for End-to-End Test Automation.
(source)

35-Word Functional Test Automation Strategy:
“Write 1+ Automated

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Zhimin Zhan

Test automation & CT coach, author, speaker and award-winning software developer. Help teams succeed with Agile/DevOps by implementing real Continuous Testing.