Test Automation - CAST 2014 - Richard Bradshaw
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Slides from my talk at CAST 2014, the talk was also recorded and will be available on the AST YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAstVideos.
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- 1. Test Automation != Less Testers || Faster Testing || More Time For ET Richard Bradshaw
- 2. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 (Test Automation != Less Testers || Faster Testing || More Time For ET) { So what does it equal? }
- 3. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 • Test Automation: The use of software to perform or support test activities, e.g. test management, test design, test execution and results checking. ISTQB Glossary
- 4. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Test Automation Doesn’t Exist Thank you for listening, enjoy the rest of the conference Or does it?
- 5. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Test automation is "any use of hardware or software tools to support testing". Personal Communication Michael Bolton
- 6. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Less Testers
- 7. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014
- 8. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014
- 9. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014
- 10. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Reduced opportunities for observation Stopping using our best tool, our brain. In this story, two brains. They reduced Testing / Stop Testing.
- 11. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Testing: is the process of evaluating a product by learning about it through experimentation, which includes to some degree: questioning, study, modeling, observation and inference. Checking: is the process of making evaluations by applying algorithmic decision rules to specific observations of a product. Testing and Checking Redefined http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/856 James Bach and Michael Bolton
- 12. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Less Testers? No Education
- 13. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Faster Testing
- 14. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014
- 15. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 • Environments • Locators • End points • Data • Requests / Responses • Application Flow • CI • New Checks • Delete Checks
- 16. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 “I’m just waiting for the Automation to finis
- 17. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Did this Test Automation actually do any testing?
- 18. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 What about the other definition?
- 19. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 More Time For E
- 20. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Exploratory Testing & Learn new skills Build relationships Get involved earlier Maintain your automation Design new automation More…..
- 21. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 So what does it equal?
- 22. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Test automation is "any use of hardware or software tools to support testing". Automation in Testing
- 23. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 What does it mean?
- 24. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Automated Checks Data Builder PageObject Library Utilities (Screenshots / Recordings / Dumps) Driver Factory Test Framework
- 25. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Automation Architecture Data Builder PageObject Library Utilities (Screenshots / Recordings / Dumps) Driver Factory
- 26. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Conclusion “A fool with a tool is still a fool” Grady Booch
- 27. Richard Bradshaw | @FriendlyTester | #CAST2014 Thank you. Twitter: @FriendlyTester Email: RichardBradshaw@gmail.com Blog: www.thefriendlytester.co.uk Skype: RichardSBradshaw
Editor's Notes
- If we remove the test framework though, we are left with our Automation Architecture. And so many options jump out…. Data Builder – Create test data for Testing, Demos Driver + PageObject + Utiles = Use them to collate artifcats for us that we can then test, such as screenshots. SCRUM Idea A good one Matt Archer once told me, was a heavy data app. Used the automation to write out the data from the tables so he could inspect it. Data + Driver + PO = Sessions for ET.
- Automation is a tool, automation cannot test. Harness the skills you have acquired in creating checks, to create tools to support all other areas of your testing. Tools support Testers, they do not replace them. But Remember….. use your tester skills to decide when and when not to use Automation.