This is a presentation linked to a live webinar called: Friends and Foes of Software Test Automation. This is the 4th webinar in Inflectra's 7- part live webinar series called: Test Automation, Demystified. The webinar discusses two important areas of test automation: - A list of structural elements inside an application that are critical in test automation - Knowing what to check first: how to reduce the rate of failure in test automation. The webinar is presented by Alexey Grinevich - a senior software engineer and automation architect at Inflectra.

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WEBINAR: Automation Demystified
Part 4: Friends and Foes of Software Test
Automation
• June 25th, 2019 – Alexey Grinevich, alexey@inflectra.com
We will be starting the webinar shortly, please stand by…
All phones will be automatically on mute until the Q&A.

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Webinar Series: Useful Information
• Housekeeping Matters
• Post Webinar Follow-Up:
• Blog
• Webinar Recording
• Presentation On Slideshare
• Post-Webinar Quiz
• Webinar Series: Test Automation,
Demystified
• Webinar Series Certificate Rules &
FAQs

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Hey, I am Alexey
• Working on Rapise test
automation tool @Inflectra
• 20 years in software
development
• 10 years in test automation
• Twitter: @AlexeyGrinevich
• Email: alexey@Inflectra.com

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Topics
 Friends
 Foes

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Friends

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Keyboard
 Windows is Keyboard Friendly
 Try Without Mouse

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Clipboard

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Keyboard Shortcuts
 Common Shortcuts: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Tab, Shift+Tab,
Alt+Tab
 Menu Access
 Tree/Table/Grid Access

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Date Picker Shortcuts
 https://material-ui.com/components/pickers/

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Shortcuts Discovered
 T – Today
 Left, Right – select day (next, previous)
 Top, Bottom – select week (previous, next)
 M – Next Month, Shift+M – Previous Month
 Y – Next year, Shift+Y – Previous Year
 D – Next decade, Shift+D – Privous Decade (+- 10 years)

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Is it always so good?
 Look at PhotoViewer App

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API
 REST/SOAP
 COM/ActiveX
 Database Access

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Command Line Keys
 https://www.ghacks.net/2013/10/06/list-useful-google-chrome-
command-line-switches/
chrome.exe --incognito --window-position=100,100 --window-
size=320,960

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URL Auth
 https://username:password@example.com/login.html

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URL parameters
 https://accounts.google.com/

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Entry Point URL
 Dynamics 365 CRM
 Dashboard vs Application

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Input Files
 write.exe myfile.rtf
 Vs File->Open in write.exe

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Configuration Files
 USD

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Synchronization Markers
 Status bars
 Cursor
 Title
 Progress Bars
 Labels

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Macros, Scripting
 Scripting sign of an API

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Log Files
 Exceptions
 Sync points (wait for log message)
 Data, IDs

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Export/Import
 Export in human readable or text format
 Available from main menu or as a command line option

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Foes

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Captchas

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Re-Captcha Workaround
 Build in workaround
 Site key: 6LeIxAcTAAAAAJcZVRqyHh71UMIEGNQ_MXjiZKhI
 Secret key: 6LeIxAcTAAAAAGG-vFI1TnRWxMZNFuojJ4WifJWe
 See
 https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/faq#id-like-
to-run-automated-tests-with-recaptcha-v2-what-should-i-
do

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Async Behavior
 Use sync points

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Obfuscation
 Affects IDs and Class names
 Goal: minimize
 May change with each (even minor) build.
 Solution is to use Resilient XPath locator and avoid
obfuscated elements

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Canvas
 https://fin-hypergrid.github.io/core/demo/
 Invisible, hard to automate
 Also used in Google Spreadsheets
 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uQi9ZIatxNa8iqJV5
vU3D3z8jL1AsAt6pZ7zR5vbx0U/edit?usp=sharing

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Canvas Workaround
 API
 Keyboard
 Export/Import

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CEF – Chromium Embedded Framework
 Dead end
 Does not expose UI Automation APIs
 Find any workarounds to deal with data:
 Clipboard/Keyboard
 API
 Other: see USD example.

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Summary
 Always good to know more about application
 When there is no direct way, we have to use indirect way
 Friends is here if you know where to look for them

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Next Webinar
 Codeless Test Automation
 The webinar will present the concept of codeless test automation,
its strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the session will provide
practical tips for selecting scenarios for codeless automation.
 Presenter: Denis Markovtsev– automation expert at Inflectra
 https://www.inflectra.com/Company/Event/live-webinar-
codeless-test-automation-846.aspx

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Questions are Welcome
Contact me
• Twitter: @AlexeyGrinevich
• Email: alexey@inflectra.com
• Web: https://www.inflectra.com/Rapise/

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Q&A
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