13 Ways to Optimize Your Test Automation from Home

In this checklist, we share 13 optimizations to improve automated functional testing on the cloud, making it faster, less-flaky, and more efficient. These best practices include targeting an acceptable test execution time, running tests at every pull request, configuring CI setup for efficiency, keeping tests short, executing tests in parallel, preventing queuing with 'blending', using built-in debugging options, testing on the right browsers and devices, testing on different screen sizes, testing on real mobile devices, testing in real user conditions, setting up alerting, monitoring, and bug tracking, and maintaining test hygiene. Implementing these practices can help teams make the most of their cloud testing platform and improve productivity during global lockdowns.