Manual testing is becoming less needed as more companies realize the time and money to be saved by automating testing. But let’s face it. Test automation is scary and still new to many QA organizations, many of whom are unclear about where to begin. Do you need a degree or significant development training to write automated tests? What are the programming basics and required tools that a tester needs to know? Leo Laskin answers these questions with data on untrained Selenium and non-technical users and the time it took them to learn Selenium. Discover the programming basics needed to be...
Leo Laskin
Sauce Labs
As Sauce Labs’ automation specialist, Leo Laskin is responsible for providing in-depth technical advice to customers about how to be successful with their automation and CI/CD efforts. With more than ten years of experience in quality assurance, Leo started with manual testing, moved into automation and leadership, and along the way has seen many ups and down of testing. Previously, he held QA engineering and leadership positions to help automation efforts. Since 2010 Leo been a contributor to and supporter of Selenium, the most popular QA automation tool for testing web-based applications and mobile devices.