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Peter Thomas

ptrthomas

Distinguished Engineer | Intuit

Recent Tech Decisions

105 points

Following

7

Poor GraphQL support

6

Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens

9

Stores credentials in HTTP

1

Parallel Execution with Reports Aggregated

1

Active, Responsive community on Stack Overflow

5

Comprehensive documentation and examples

1

Re-use functional tests as performance tests

1

Super simple API mocking, within the firewall

1

XML support, not just JSON

4

Powerful and flexible payload assertions

9

Easy for even non-programmers to get started

1

Developer-friendly collaboration via standard SCM / Git

2

Simple yet flexible Environment Switching built-in

1

Rich HTML reports with HTTP logs in-line

1

Great Developer-Experience - Debug UI, HTML reports

4

IDE support - IntelliJ, Eclipse & Visual Studio Code

10

Easy CI integration via cross-platform executable / CLI

4

Simple, concise, readable and maintainable tests

7

Data-driven tests that can even use JSON or CSV sources

3

Java-interop so you never "hit a wall" in the framework

1

Optionally mix re-usable JavaScript logic into scripts

4

Easy re-use of JSON or JS / Java logic across tests

5

Easy parameterized configuration / custom variables

3

Best option for testing GraphQL

1

Websockets support

9

Simple and meaningful asserts for large responses

5

Very fast api testing tool