STARWEST 2023 - Test Automation
Wednesday, October 4
Riding the Hybrid Car—Our Continuous Test Automation Journey
This talk will provide a glimpse into how continuous test pipelines co-exist and integrate with strategic low code test automation tools. Multiple testing teams, each owning distinct applications, are faced with the task of testing their own product as well as the interactions and behaviors with each other. Tight schedules and the challenge of finding the right skill set can be solved with the use of low code SAAS test automation tools. In this talk, Shai Srinivasan will share some of the challenges she and her team faced—how do these tools integrate with the enterprise's testing process...
JavaScript Mutation Testing: Improving Confidence in Your Tests
PreviewJavaScript code requires effective testing strategies to avoid bugs in production. Code coverage metrics alone can be misleading and don't necessarily indicate that the code is actually working as intended. It can be easy to get high code coverage metrics, but not actually test anything meaningfully. To address this problem, this session will explore the concept of JavaScript mutation testing. Mutation testing introduces small changes or "mutations" to the code and then expects tests to fail. This technique helps identify areas of the code that may need improvement and strengthens...
Lady on the Block: A Tester’s Perspective on Blockchain Technology
How do you go about testing the immutability of deployed code? What control does one have over a decentralized test environment? How does one overcome the complexity of smart contracts and associated potential vulnerabilities? What can be done to ensure seamless integration and interoperability between the blockchain application and external components? As a tester of blockchain applications, Gomathi Ramalingam has encountered and faced many of these challenges, which are inherently due to the unique nature of blockchain technology. She believes that having a good understanding of these...
Thursday, October 5
Coded Automation Isn't Dead—A Deep Dive on the Page Object Pattern with Some Super Cool New Twists
Software Development Engineers in Test know that page objects have long been used to make test automation more resilient. This talk evolves the page object pattern in ways that provide some really strong advantages over the traditional approach. Timothy Heck will demonstrate how to make page objects isolated from the browser automation technology, making it possible to switch from Selenium to Playwright (or the next big thing) without changing the page objects. This talk will also look at how to make self-narrating automation scripts where the simple act of interacting with a page object...