The document discusses test automation and emphasizes the importance of clean code, collaboration between testers, developers and automators, and exploring diverse approaches beyond basic regression testing. Specifically, it notes that without clean code, test automation will not be effective. It also stresses creating understanding between testers, developers and automators, and that the landscape of test automation involves more than just usual techniques like regression testing.

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Perfecting the Craft
of Test Automation
by Maaret Pyhäjärvi

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10 Years has passed….

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The World of Automation
Today
We have the tools and knowledge to do it well!

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Testing is done by People.
Our features define how
well testing gets done.

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1. Without clean code, all the test
automation in the world will not
save you.
2. Create a mindshare between
testers, test automators and
developers.
3. There’s more to test automation
landscape than the usual suspects.

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Clean Code
Without It, All the test automation
in the world won’t save you

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Invest in…
Testing vs. Refactoring

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Technical Debt is not a
decision, it’s like gaining
weight.

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Messy code is hard to
handle without side-
effects

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Clean Production and
Automation Code

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Make your coded tests
smaller and faster

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Your tests are not
flaky, you are.

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Continuous
Delivery without
Test Automation
exists.

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Without clean code, all
the test automation in the
world will not save you.

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Mindshare
Similar Enough to Get Along,
Diverse Enough for Better Impact

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(Exploratory)
Tester
(Application)
Programmer
Test Automator
/ Programmer

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"All the brilliant people working on
the same thing, at the same time, in
the same space, on the same
computer." -- Woody Zuill

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We raise our collective
competence, allowing
individuals to use
specialized skills

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Dumbing down
automation from
programming work is
a disservice to all.

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When you work on
Hard problem è Solution
Easy problem è Innovation

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Learning Through Osmosis

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Create a mindshare
between testers, test
automators and
developers.

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Test Automation
Landscape
More than the Usual Suspect of Regression

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Automation of the
Environment

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Disposable
test automation to
aid exploration

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From Page-Object
Pattern to
Screenplay Pattern

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Multi-Locators

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From Asserts to
Approvals

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Theory Tests and
Partial Oracles
Given Any X
ExpectY

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Model-based
Test Automation

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There’s more to test
automation landscape
than the usual suspects.

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Good Enough of
today is not good
enough of tomorrow.

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Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Email: maaret@iki.fi
Twitter: @maaretp
Web: maaretp.com
Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi
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