Avoid this scarry test automation practices to avoid automation horror stories

1. 13 Test Automation Practices
You Should be Afraid Of

2. 1. Record and Playback

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2. Not planning
your test framework approach before you
begin coding

4. 3. Not making your test framework
maintainable by separating your framework
out into layers

5. 4. Treating automation as a checkbox
for your definition of “done”

6. 5. Treating CI/CD as an after thought

7. 6. Having thousands of UI
tests

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7. Ignoring results

9. 8. Falling in Love with a Tool

10. 9. All Your Automated Test are UI
tests

11. 10. Automate everything

12. 11. Re-writing your framework

13. 12. No code reviews Not treating your
automation like code

14. 13. Losing sight of what you are
trying to accomplish – quality

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