How User Interface Testing Can Fit into the CI/CD Pipeline

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Testing plays a vital role in the software delivery cycle. UI testing in the https://thenewstack.io/category/ci-cd/ (CI/CD) pipeline helps balance delivery speed and test coverage.

Using CI/CD to run automated UI tests as part of the build process requires carefully picking the tools, strategies, and tests to run in the pipeline.

The main blockers preventing teams from successfully bringing UI testing into CI/CD include: Lack of skills in the team to automate testing and integrate it

However, not all UI tests qualify for CI/CD and pipeline build tests are different than a full visual end-to-end test cycle.

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