API Testing vs UI Testing — Roadmap Step & Resources
Where each fits in a healthy testing strategy, and why relying on UI tests alone is risky
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Manual QA Testing
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why is a test suite that's almost entirely UI tests usually considered a red flag?
Study resources
- API Testing vs UI Testing (Article) — Guru99's guide compares the speed, stability and coverage trade-offs of each approach.
- API vs UI Testing Explained (Video) — Covers when to test at the API layer vs through the UI.
Part of
- API Testing Basics — section
- Manual QA Testing roadmap — the full learning path