STARWEST 2016 - Test Automation
Wednesday, October 5
Automated Testing: Go Beyond the Basics
You've been through some initial automation bootstrapping and training. You're now three to six months down the road and spending too much time chasing intermittent test failures and maintaining your scripts. You're dealing with frustration and trust issues in the automated tests. What you're not doing is adding a lot of value around new feature work. Sound familiar? Jim Holmes says that pattern is common across nearly every team that is new to building significant automation suites. Jim helps you with a few approaches—all based on his years of experience and hard...
Adaptive Automation: Tests that Recover Instead of Failing
Are you tired of flaky automation scripts that fail without apparent cause? Are most script failures due to bugs in the test script rather than bugs in the product? Do you simply want to get more out of your automation framework? Many testers and organizations are frustrated with the high cost and low return of their automation frameworks. Scott Miles shares a range of techniques to convert your existing framework from brittle to adaptive. Learn how to improve the quality of your automation framework while reducing the required maintenance. Adaptive automation...
Go Test Yourself: A Self-Testing Automation Pattern
Today even the simplest applications are built with numerous technologies, creating an ever-expanding need for tests. If you’ve built an automation framework and a suite of tests, Prakash Karaka says you are off to a good start. However, as your application changes expand, you are required to add more and more tests. Even though most new application pages are built from existing code patterns, maintaining your test suite is tedious work. You have a nagging feeling you could use a robot assistant to automate the creation of most tests, freeing you to focus more on...
Thursday, October 6
Automated Testing Using Selenium
Is your company thinking about using Selenium to implement test automation in a joint development and operations environment? If your company has already started using Selenium, have you experienced execution or integration challenges? The path to a well-oiled and successful Selenium test automation program comes down to using the right techniques and development standards that incorporate modularity and flexibility. Jin Reck describes how to design effective web test automation development, and shares common challenges and solutions when implementing an automated...