From Start to Success with
Web Automation
Adam Goucher
http://adam.goucher.ca

Key Practices to Agile Testing

Key Practices to Agile Testing
Collective Test
Test Driven Development
Ownership
Continuous Integration Exploratory Testing
Automated
Rehearsed Release
Business Tests
Automated Acceptance Test Driven
Technical Tests Development

Key Practices to Agile Testing
Exploratory Testing
Automated
Business Tests
Acceptance Test Driven
Development

Successful
automation
is...

Paranoid

Efficient &
Effective

A student of
History &
Linguistics

Intelligent &
Wise

Modest

Automates
Checks &
Facilitates
Testing

Know your audience

Evolution of a script

Record

Add Power

Conquer Permutation
Madness!

Smells

Patterns

Available October 30,
2009
All profits to Nothing
But Nets to help prevent
the spread of Malaria

web - http://adam.goucher.ca
email - adam@goucher.ca
twitter - @adamgoucher

Photo Credits
Title and Credits - http://www.mensracing.com/photos/2004/olympictrials04/index19.html
Practices - http://www.everystockphoto.com/gotoImage.php?imageId=2964174
Attributes - http://www.flickr.com/photos/helios89/1373343153/
Paranoid - http://www.flickr.com/photos/49054242@N00/303425378/
Effective & Efficient - http://thereifixedit.com/2009/10/13/for-the-true-wine-connoisseur/
Student of... - http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianveggie/92307413/
Intelligent & Wise - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/174945434/
Modest - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmahendra/3099968453/
Checking & Testing - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8840244@N04/3644022974/
Audience - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/4017489632/
Geek - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliapatriciaroy/3523389278/
Not Geek - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rangerholton/1231298396/
Evolution - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marj_k/2191884068/
Record - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zabowski/335256864/
Power - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alkhodarev/513119493/
Madness - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaxxon/3157745377/
Smells - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyboybrian/125863153/