A Poor Software Engineer’s Guide to E2E Test Automation with Google Maps

A money-saving tip for Software Engineers in Test to manage a large number of tests hitting the web app that utilize Google Map’s API.

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Google Maps is commonly used in web apps. There are two typical usages of Google Maps:

1. Detect the User’s current location

2. Validate a user entered address

I have written one article on how to drive Google Maps address validation in Selenium WebDriver, quite easy to do.

Case Study: Google Maps Address Validation

This article goes deeper, discuss automating Google Maps powered web apps in a scale, in short, saving money.

Google Maps is NOT Free

Every call (via JavaScript) to Google Maps comes with a cost.