1. Anastasiya Nesterenko
QA UI Automation Lead

2.  Lead of QA UI Automation Team
 In IT – 8 years
 In Concur – 3.5 years
 Likes beer and socializing
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3.  About Concur
 How do we do automation
 Why move to Selenium 2?
 Demo
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4. Leading provider of integrated travel and
expense management solutions
 90 countries
 15 000 companies
 15 000 000 users
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5.  Reliable
 Accurate
 Maintainable
 Extendable
 Scalable
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6.  Different technologies involved
 Continuous execution: 24/7
 Monthly releases
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7. UI
9 people
Framework Execution
5 people 5 people
QA
Automation
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8. Test Execution Tasks
Data
Web UI
Store
Execution Results
Dispatcher
VMware Farm
VM – Robot #1 VM – Robot #N
Selenium
... Selenium
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9. • Smoke tests
Execution
• Continuous: 24/7/365
• 470+ test suites on both Seleniums
• 15..50 min per suite (3..5x faster than
Some manual run)
numbers • 5+ times per release (one month)
• 500+ executions daily
• 35+ bugs per release (regressions)
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10. • 2.5 years: Selenium 1 (HTML)
General
Test Runner, SQL, JavaScript
Stats • 320+ suites
• No programming experience required
Benefits
• Execution with the Test Runner
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11. @metaxa_cz #SeleniumCamp
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12. @metaxa_cz #SeleniumCamp
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13. • Ajax = No recording
Specifics
• CSS Selectors
Challenges • Lack of object-oriented style
Painkillers • Internal ‘LEGO’ development
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14. • Since September 2011: transition to
General
Selenium2/ WebDriver
Stats • 45+ suites
• Robust tests
Benefits • Multiple browsers support
• Faster development
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15. 2.5
2
Development speed,
month / person
1.5
1 Selenium 1
Selenium 2
0.5
0
Jun 09 Jul 09 Aug 09 Sep 09 Oct 09 Nov 09
Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 Dec 11 Jan 12 Feb 12
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16. • Programming
• Finding good synchronization
Challenges
• Knowledge building and sharing
• Coexistence with Selenium 1
Strategy • Proving investment in transition
Support • Selenium 1: 15-20% of time
Efforts • Selenium 2: 5-10% of time
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17. Team • Collecting feedback
• Easier to test complex scenarios
Less Pain
• Support of popup windows testing
Grain of • Window size affects testing
Salt • Focus sensitivity
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18. @metaxa_cz #SeleniumCamp
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19. Building • Java, OOP
Knowledge • Page objects pattern
• Initial design of Page Objects
First Steps
• CSS Selectors vs. XPath evaluation
• Redesign of Page Objects
Refactoring
• Conversion to XPath
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20. • Execute daily, fix broken stuff
Adoption
• Tweak for IE
JAVA / OOP • Review and improve design
• Do trainings
Education
• Support other teams
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21.  Evaluate the benefits of switching
 Identify the early adopters
 Establish communication with devs
 Aim for the best practices
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22. Increase coverage
Concentrate on the most complex parts
Complete S1 -> S2 transition
Keep improving quality
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23. @metaxa_cz #SeleniumCamp
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24. Thank you. Questions?
anastasiya.nesterenko@concur.com
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