Michael Bodnarchuk

Passionate Dev and test automation enthusiast. Michael believes testing should be easy and fun. Thus, he has created Codeception (PHP) and CodeceptJS (NodeJS) frameworks for easy BDD-style tests. Full-time open-source contributor since 2013, tech consultant, corporate trainer, and conference speaker. Currently serving as the CTO role and chief development of our testomat.io test management tool. Also, enjoys kayaking, hiking, and playing Heroes 3. Come on, connect with Michael on Twitter and other social media ↩️

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Test Management Automation tests on Azure DevOps

automation testing

End to End Testing vs Integration Testing: What’s the Real Difference?

Modern QA processes include different types of testing, which can be classified as functional testing and non-functional, automated and manual testing, and lower and higher-level tests.

Michael Bodnarchuk

Jul 25, 2023

PHP Bamboo Continious Integration

automation testing Insights testing guides

Building a PHP Bamboo CI/CD Pipeline: Automated Testing & Reporting Guide (2026)

In today’s digital world, there is a great number of software products developed with PHP programming language, Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel frameworks that require

Michael Bodnarchuk

May 21, 2023

CD ana automation testing scaled

automation testing ci\cd testing guides

GitLab Test Management and Testing Automation integration

For many companies, creating new software products is more crucial than ever before to succeed. Unfortunately, thousands of new software products are never launched

Michael Bodnarchuk

Mar 01, 2023

github test case management

automation testing ci\cd testing guides

GitHub Test Case Management: Syncing Code and QA Automation

When working on a project with multiple teams, having a version control tool is a must. This helps team members keep track of code changes

Michael Bodnarchuk

Feb 26, 2023

Jest Testing tutorial

automation testing testing tool

What is Jest Testing? Getting Started & Framework Setup Tutorial

Jest is an open-source JavaScript testing framework for writing and running automated tests on JavaScript and TypeScript code. Originally created by Facebook and now maintained under the OpenJS Foundation, Jest bundles a test runner, an assertion library, mocking, and code coverage in one dependency, with zero-config setup for most projects. Finding the right framework matters […]

Michael Bodnarchuk

Jan 23, 2023

Codeception tutorial test report

automation testing bdd

Codeception Testing Tutorial: Advanced Guide for PHP QA Teams

Codeception is an open-source PHP testing framework that lets you write unit, functional, and acceptance tests in one coherent, descriptive style, and its REST module makes Codeception API testing straightforward. For QA teams working in PHP, it combines readable syntax with broad module support. Speed and flexibility matter to Agile teams in automated testing, and […]

Michael Bodnarchuk

Jan 03, 2023

Protractor test management

automation testing

Protractor Testing Tool: Scaled E2E Framework Guide

Test automation is a real trend in today’s software quality control industry. It speeds up STLC, eliminates the influence

Michael Bodnarchuk

Dec 26, 2022

CodeceptJS tutorial

automation testing test management

CodeceptJS Tutorial: How to Organize an Advanced Testing Framework

When choosing automation tools, teams are guided by the following: flexibility, speed of test writing

Michael Bodnarchuk

Dec 18, 2022

CD pipelines

agile ci\cd Insights

How to reduce test failures
in CI\CD pipelines?

In today’s world, a well-tuned CI\CD pipeline is crucial for any team striving to build and ship high-quality software fast. But here’s the thing:

Michael Bodnarchuk

Nov 26, 2022

test automation as a service

agile automation testing testing as a service

Automated Testing as a Service: How to Scale Your QA Infrastructure

The quality of a digital product must be maintained at every stage of its lifecycle. But sometimes, a company cannot do this on its own or does not have access to the necessary resources.

Michael Bodnarchuk

Sep 29, 2022

open source testing tools

automation testing testing tool

14 Best Open Source Test Automation Tools for QA Teams

More business leaders and entrepreneurs use software products to run and manage their businesses effectively and drive impressive results.

Michael Bodnarchuk

Aug 17, 2022

open source test management tools

comparison review testing tool

Best Open Source Test Management Tools: 2026 Comprehensive Guide

There is a huge variety of Test Management tools in the market that are used by modern Quality Assurance teams in the software testing process.

Michael Bodnarchuk

May 03, 2022

CircleCI integration with test management

Shift Left vs Shift Right Approaches in Software Testing

In Agile development, collaboration is the thing that holds quality together. It matters across every role in the development process, and it matters just as much when you bring customers in to understand what they actually wanted. Two practices push that collaboration in opposite directions across the timeline: shift left and shift right. What is […]

Michael Bodnarchuk

Mar 29, 2022

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