A good automated test suite gives actionable feedback, helps fix bugs faster, and enables rapid delivery of software. A good automated test suite on the cloud does it more cost-efficiently. But more often than not, functional testing on the cloud ends up delaying feedback, increasing flakiness, and providing zero visibility into the failures—results that are completely at odds with initial expectations. It ends up hampering the pace of rapid delivery lifecycle.
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To truly make the most of functional testing on the cloud, you have to reconsider the testing practices you follow. At BrowserStack, we help thousands of customers run functional test suites on the cloud every month. Our QA and Support teams identified certain practices that, when applied, can help teams of all sizes get better builds in less time.