To speed up tests, identify and isolate flaky tests, fix their root causes, and monitor them continuously. Tests can also be parallelized by running independent tests on multiple VMs simultaneously using tools like Selenium Grid. Break suites into focused suites like smoke and regression. Create smart test data programmatically via APIs or databases for reliability and speed. Use direct locators like IDs over generic XPaths. Add conditional waits instead of generic waits to tests. Unit testing is a shared responsibility between developers and testers.

1. Speed up your tests
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2. Long test suite….

3. Identify flaky tests
Never heard of
it!!!

4. Flaky Test contd…
Isolate flaky
test
Analyse
Fix the
flakiness
Monitor it
continuously

5. Parallelisation
Independent tests
Multiple Virtual machines
Parallel execution tools
(selenium Grid,Test Load
Balancer etc )

6. Break the Tests
Smoke Test Suite
Regression Test Suite

7. Create smart test data
A wise QA once said:

8. Create smart test data[Contd…]
Create test data via database
or API
fast
Reliable

9. Fan of xpaths??
To identify objects
Use direct attributes like
id,name
Avoid generic locators
like //table/tr[2]/td

10. More caffeine to tests…
say ‘NO’ to generic waits
Conditional waits

11. Unit test is no more Dev’s Territory… :)

12. Questions???