STAREAST 2022 - Test Strategy
Thursday, April 28
Modern Test Automation Strategies - A Panel
Love it or hate it, test automation drives a large part of our day-to-day lives as testers. But writing and maintaining software automation doesn't HAVE to be painful! Learn from a panel of automation experts - including Janna Loeffler, Adam Auerbach, and more - about how their teams have built reliable automation tooling and infrastructure that can stand the test of time. Moderated by Melissa Benua, the panel will answer YOUR questions about and help you address the challenges that we all face when scaling our test automation to match modern continuous delivery needs. You...
My Testing is a Reflection of My Developer's Unit Testing
Having worked with many developers in my 25-year history in Quality Assurance, when I determine my test plan, I must consider the Unit Testing my Developer has completed. Given the request for speed and agility in testing, we must consider the level of testing and experience of our developer to best plan the depth of testing and the direction of the testing we must complete. Questions I must ask myself: Do I have prior knowledge of the developer's unit testing? Is a demo from development to QA part of our team's Agile Methodology? How clearly can the developer communicate her approach...
Page Object Model Pitfalls
Selenium has been around for over 15 years, and by now organizations have realized that Selenium tests need to be treated the same as any other functional code. This means not just keeping your tests in source control, but also designing them to be maintainable and robust. A common design pattern known as the Page Object Model (POM) has emerged, which greatly assists with organization and maintenance of tests. But there are scalability, speed, and robustness issues with this pattern. This has caused organizations to move away from Selenium for other tooling, however, most organizations are...