Manual testing is becoming less needed as more companies realize the time and money to be saved by automating testing. But let’s face it. Test automation is scary and still new to many QA organizations, many of whom are unclear about where to begin. Do you need a degree or significant development training to write automated tests? What are the programming basics and required tools that a tester needs to know? Leo Laskin answers these questions with data on untrained Selenium and non-technical users and the time it took them to learn Selenium. Discover the programming basics needed to be successful in QA automation and how easy it is to pick up the basics. Explore the best development tool kits for Selenium and IDE programs, and preview more advanced QA topics, including CI/CD and virtualization of test environments. Learn the challenges moving from manual to automated testing, the best programming techniques, and development tools needed to excel in test automation. Join Leo to see how engineers can cook up their own automated tests using Selenium.

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T3
Test
Automation
5/11/17
9:45
Anyone
Can
Cook
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Is
the
Same
True
for
Test
Automation?
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2.
Leo
Laskin
As
Sauce
Labs'
automation
specialist,
Leo
Laskin
is
responsible
for
providing
in-­‐
depth
technical
advice
to
customers
about
how
to
be
successful
with
their
automation
and
CI/CD
efforts.
With
more
than
ten
years
of
experience
in
quality
assurance,
Leo
started
with
manual
testing,
moved
into
automation
and
leadership,
and
along
the
way
has
seen
many
ups
and
down
of
testing.
Previously,
he
held
QA
engineering
and
leadership
positions
to
help
automation
efforts.
Since
2010
Leo
been
a
contributor
to
and
supporter
of
Selenium,
the
most
popular
QA
automation
tool
for
testing
web-­‐based
applications
and
mobile
devices.

3. MAY 5, 2017
ANYONE CAN COOK
IS IT TRUE FOR
AUTOMATION?
L e o L a s k i n – Te s t A u t o m a 0 o n A d v i s o r

4. ABOUT ME

5. ABOUT ME
• Twitter: @LeoLaskin
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/llaskin
• Email: leo@saucelabs.com
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6. WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR

7. A QUICK POLL
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8. THE QA TESTER
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9. THE “INFINITE MONKEY THEOREM’
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10. MANUAL IS A VITAL PART OF THE
PROCESS
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C I / C D P R E S E N T S A N O P P O R T U N I T Y T O A U T O M AT E R E P E T I T I V E TA S K S
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11. BENEFITS OF AUTOMATION
• Repeatable results
• Ease of reuse across multiple test cycles
• Faster results
• Can serve as the test case repository of record
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12. AUTOMATION CAN BE SCARY
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13. BUT AUTOMATORS CAN COME FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE
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14. ANYONE CAN COOK!
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15. ONE THING WE ALL SHARE - PASSION
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16. TYPICAL QA CAREER PROGRESSIONS
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Manual
QA
Manual
QA
Manager
Development
AutomaCon
QA
AutomaCon
Architect
AutomaCon
Manager
Support
Sales

17. THE RECIPE
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• Pick and learn a Programming Language
• Learn some HTML
• Browser Debugging
• Learn a Framework with Assertions
• Selenium

18. THE RECIPE
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• Pick and learn a Programming Language
• Python
• Variables
• Looping Methods
• Methods

19. THE RECIPE
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• Learn some HTML
• Tons of tutorials
• CSS Selectors

20. THE RECIPE
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• Browser Debugging
• Chrome Debugging Tools
• Element inspection

21. THE RECIPE
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• Learn a Framework with Assertions
• Py.Test
• What is an assertion?
• Reasons for failure

22. THE RECIPE
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• Pick and learn a Programming Language
• Learn some HTML
• Browser Debugging
• Learn a Framework with Assertions
• Selenium

23. WHAT IS SELENIUM?
• Created in 2004 @ Thoughtworks
• Open Source & Free
• Multi-Language Support(Java, .Net, Python, Ruby,
JavaScript)
• Most Popular Web UI Automation Tool
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24. SELENIUM
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25. SELENIUM IDE
W h y i t ’ s b a d
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Record and Play
Unable to Handle UI Changes
Limited Languages
Repetitive, Required Maintenance

26. SELENIUM IDE
W h y i t ’ s b a d
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27. SELENIUM WEBDRIVER
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28. AVERAGE COOK TIME
8.3
18.6
29.5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Expert
Intermediate
Beginner
Average
Cook
Time

29. AVERAGE SELENIUM COOK TIME
1
3
3.4
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Expert
Intermediate
Beginner
Selenium
Cook
Time

30. AVERAGE EXERCISE TIME
3.1
7.8
13.8
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Expert
Intermediate
Beginner
Average
Exercise
Time

31. YOUR FUTURE
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32. CONCLUSION
Anyone Can Cook!
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Disney
Source:
Amazon

33. ANY QUESTIONS?
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