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Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 8:30am to Monday, April 20, 2020 - 5:00pm

Fundamentals of Test Automation

Take a deeper dive into practical automation implementation
Hands-on practices with a wide variety of automation techniques
Learn the types of tests that can be automated
Learn how automation fits into the agile software development and testing approach

Build Solid Test Automation the Right Way

One of the tenets of being successful in test automation is to build solid engineering practices at the beginning; and this course is designed to help you do just that. The Fundamentals of Test Automation course covers everything from introducing the basics of test automation - including definitions, benefits and misconceptions, to planning for automation in an agile environment. Along the way we’ll explain the various automation test types and techniques including UI, API, Database, Unit, and Functional vs Non-Functional testing. You’ll also learn how to select the right approaches to best suit the needs of your organization..

Using a hands-on approach, our experienced instructors will illustrate proper techniques for building maintainable automated tests using frameworks. We will also cover Behavior-Driven Testing (BDD) using Cucumber.

This course also teaches you how to develop your own test automation strategy and get the most out of your tests, as well as integrating them into a continuous integration (CI) process.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for those in developer and testing roles who need to learn automation or improve their existing automation knowledge. The course features hands on exercises to illustrate the topics discussed and provides students an opportunity to learn by doing. A working laptop with proper administrative privileges is required for this class.

Laptop Required

This class involves hands-on activities using sample software to better facilitate learning. Each student should bring a laptop with a remote desktop protocol (RDP) client preinstalled. Connection specifics and credentials will be supplied during class. Please verify permissions with your IT Admin before class. If you or your Admin have questions about the specific applications involved, contact our Client Support team.

Course Outline

Introduction to test automation

What it is

Risks

How testing creates value

How automated testing creates value

Agile development and testing

Recap on agile manifesto

Agile testing quadrants

Team-based testing

Test automation techniques

Frameworks overview

Unit testing

Unit test exercise

UI testing

Kantu exercise

UI testing exercise

API testing

API exercise

System and acceptance tests

Exercises

Intro to Cucumber

Cucumber in action

A new scenario

Adding a feature

Database testing and managing test data

Database exercises

Non-functional test automation

Test automation strategy

What to automate

Best practices

Integration into CI

Continuous integration exercise

Static code analysis

Static analysis exercise

Dynamic code analysis

Successful code analysis implementation

Test orbits

Test orbit exercise

Planning for automation

Automation tool selection

Staffing strategies

Planning - illustrate the system

Why does automation fail?

Class Daily Schedule

Sign-In/Registration 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Morning Session 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Afternoon Session 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Times represent the typical daily schedule. Please confirm your schedule at registration.

Training Course Fee Includes

• Tuition

• Course notebook

• Continental breakfasts and refreshment breaks

• Lunches

• Letter of completion

Byron Katz

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Byron Katz has been in love with computers since his father bought the family a Commodore 64. A degreed architect, he found his way back to software development in 2010, and his career has included roles as a quality assurance lead, a full-stack developer, consultant, and sales engineer. Byron has experience at software firms ranging from start-ups to large enterprises to government projects. His primary project experience has been as a full-stack developer of multi-tier web projects in Java and .Net, but most recently Byron has had the opportunity to practice DevOps. He enjoys making seemingly-difficult concepts accessible to a larger audience, and his agenda is to persuade others that the costs of quality, simplicity, and beauty pay for themselves in the long run.