The automation of quality assurance (QA) and testing adds value and efficiency to workflows. Tools like Selenium WebDriver are widely used, but other frameworks such as Appium, Watir, WatiN, VSTS, JSoup, Sahi, and the cloud can also be considered for automating QA operations. The cloud plays a crucial role in speeding up testing by taking advantage of parallel testing and making testing more agile and scalable. Cloud resources allow for faster deployment of extra testing resources as needed, ensuring seamless testing that does not hold up continuous delivery pipelines.