This document summarizes a presentation by Prakash Karaka on a self-testing automation pattern called "Go Test Yourself". The pattern aims to test all call-to-actions (CTAs) on all modules of a given page. It involves forming dynamic page and page block objects built from the page structure, and dynamic assertion behavior chosen based on the CTA type. The strategy reduces tight coupling by having page objects test themselves through a chain of commands from page to module to CTA.

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Test
Automation
10/5/16
15:00
Go
Test
Yourself:
A
Self-­‐Testing
Automation
Pattern
Presented
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Prakash
Karaka
GoDaddy
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2.
Prakash
Karaka
A
technical
lead
at
GoDaddy,
Prakash
Karaka
has
more
than
nine
years
of
experience
building
highly
scalable
testing
tools
and
automation
frameworks
across
cloud,
web
UI,
and
API
systems.
His
experience
spans
roles
as
an
automation
engineer,
senior
SDET,
and
test
architect
at
Microsoft
and
Intel.
While
developing
and
refining
automation
design
patterns,
Prakash
focuses
on
optimizing
test
coverage,
test
efficiency,
and
customer
satisfaction
in
web,
mobile,
and
ERP
applications.
Prakash
has
a
passion
for
discovering
and
developing
low-­‐cost
frameworks
and
design
patterns.

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Go Test Yourself
-a self-test pa5ern by
Prakash Karaka
Long long ago, when death star was
s?ll a baby

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Classic ?ght coupling

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Evolu?on led to Site core
Site Map - classic sales funnel

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Site core modules
Pages share same modules with different look and feel
Page objects on
steroids

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Self-test strategy
• Purpose: Test all CTAs, if there are any , on all
the modules of a given page
• Page Self-test
• Module Self-test
• CTA Self-test

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Page/PageBlock self test strategy
*A strategy isn't a strategy if you don’t have power to execute
it.
-so you don’t have a strategy?
*no!
-haha..thought so
*But I have one thing that you don’t
-what?
*AUTHORITY!!
-So?
*I demand ,you go test yourself
- roger that.
Chain of Command
• Page to Module:
– I just know what modules I have. So hey modules, Go Test Yourselves
• Page Block to CTA:
– I just know what CTAs I have. So hey CTAs, Go Test Yourselves
• CTAs to me:
– I just know how to click myself and check my proper?es. I need you to
tell me how do I test myself?
• I gave it an asser?on

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Real strategy
• Purpose: Test all CTAs, if there are any , on all
the modules of the page
• Ac?ons:
– Form a dynamic page object: which is built based
on the page blocks on the page
– Form a dynamic page block which is built based
on all CTAs inside it
– Form an asser?on behavior which chooses an
assert based on the CTA type.

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Autobot & Sitecore – match made in
heaven
Autobot Design

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Is this tes?ng enough?
Test pyramid

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