This webinar was co-hosted by Xray and Curiosity Software on 18th May 2021. Watch the on demand recording here: https://opentestingplatform.curiositysoftware.ie/generate-rigorous-automated-tests-webinar For testers under-pressure to automate, web UIs seem like the perfect place to start. There’s free web drivers, the logic maps clearly to business language, and the leap from test case to script appears relatively small. Yet, UI test automation frequently lags far behind UI changes, exposing an organisation’s face to costly bugs. There are many reasons why teams today struggle to automate UI testing quickly enough: 1. Finding reliable identifiers in impenetrable DOM structures is slow and laborious. 2. UI test scripts are highly repetitive and time-consuming to write. 3. “UI” testing cannot stop at the UI and must dive into complex UIs and back-end rules. 4. UIs are not as stable as thought, and brittle tests require maintenance after every change. This webinar will showcase a rapid, rigorous, and easy-to-adopt approach to building maintainable automated tests. James Walker, Curiosity’s Director of Technology, will be joined by Sanjay Kumar, inventor of SelectorsHub and ChroPath. They will showcase tools and techniques for testing fast-changing UIs in short iterations. You will see how: 1. SelectorsHub rapidly identifies UI elements and logic to test, replacing time spent hunting through complex UI code. 2. Converting the scans into intuitive flowcharts generates custom scripts for open source and commercial frameworks, bringing coders and non-coders into close collaboration. 3. Updating the central flows regenerates a complete set of up-to-date tests, throwing away broken tests to rapidly test fast-changing systems. 4. Rapid test maintenance enables in-sprint testing, targeting regression testing to find bugs when they are quicker and easier to fix.

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Generate rigorous automated tests
– and leave brittle test scripts behind!
June 15th 2021
James Walker
Director of Technology, Curiosity.
James.Walker@Curiosity.Software
@CuriositySoft
Sanjay Kumar
Founder and Creator, SelectorsHub
SelectorsHub@gmail.com
@SanjayKumaarr

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Generate rigorous automated tests
– and leave brittle test scripts behind!
1. The challenge (and solution) to complex identifiers
2. Demo: Using SelectorsHub to identify accurate identifiers
3. Unlock automation success across the whole SDLC
4. Demo: In-sprint testing using SelectorsHub & Test Modeller
5. Q&A and next steps

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Poll: Which challenges prevent test
automation adoption at your
organisation?

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The challenge (and solution)
to complex identifiers
Sanjay Kumar

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SelectorsHub

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SelectorsHub
DevTools provides the right count of selector's match.
Myth

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SelectorsHub
SelectorsHub
Innovation Inspired Automation
A guide to learn all about XPath & selectors

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SelectorsHub
How to install SelectorsHub and use?
1. Open selectorshub.com
2. Click on the Download button and install the selectorshub
in your browser.
3. Restart the browser and enjoy using it.

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SelectorsHub

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SelectorsHub

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SelectorsHub
How to write selectors for shadow dom elements?

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SelectorsHub

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SelectorsHub
frame and nested frame

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SelectorsHub
Do you know that standard XPath syntax won’t
support SVG elements?

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SelectorsHub

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SelectorsHub

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SelectorsHub
SelectorsHub Achievement
1. Won the Indian Achievers’ Award 2020.
2. Being used in more than 130 countries.
3. #1 XPath & cssSelector tool in All browser Store.
4. Start appearing in engineer’s LinkedIN profile.
5. More than 40000 active users.
6. Engineers call it LIFESAVER Innovation.
7. Trainers start suggesting and giving training on
SelectorsHub in the platform like Udemy, Training
Institute and youtube.

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SelectorsHub

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Unlock automation success
across the whole SDLC
James Walker

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Problems worth solving across the
SDLC
Design 64% of bugs emerge in the
requirements analysis and
design phase.1
Requirements defects can account
for as much as 82% of total defect
remediation efforts.2
A bug found in testing costs 15 times more
to fix than one found during design.3
Dev Developers spend 50.1% their time fixing bugs.4 50% of developers encounter the most
delays during testing.5
QA/Testing Testing still consumes
23% of the average IT
budget.6
Fixing a bug found post- release
costs double fixing one found in
QA.3
Only 19% of
UATs today are
automated.6
44% of QA time is spent
searching, managing and
generating data.7
[1] P Mohan, A Udaya Shankar, K JayaSriDevi (2012), “Quality Flaws: Issues and Challenges in Software Development”, in Computer Engineering and Intelligent Systems (3:12:40-48).
[2] James Martin, cited from Bender RBT (2009), Requirements Based Testing Process Overview.
[3] IBM, cited in M Dawson et al (2010), “Integrating Software Assurance into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)”, in Journal of Information Systems Technology & Planning, (3:6: 49-43).
[4] T Britton et al (2013), "Reversible Debugging Software", report created for the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
[5] GitLab (2019), 2019 Global Developer Report. [6] Capgemini, Sogeti, Micro Focus (2019), World Quality Report 2019-20. [7] Capgemini, Sogeti, Broadcom (2020), Continuous Testing Report 2020.

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Barriers to test automation adoption
1. Repetitive manual scripting (there’s never enough time!).
2. Time spent analysing applications for identifiers and locators.
3. Test data destabilises automation and creates bottlenecks.
− The average QA team spend 44% of their time searching, managing and generating data.1
4. Brittle tests need maintaining manually before every release.
5. Automation code might not be easily re-usable, over-working a team of skilled engineers.
6. Miscommunication creates frustrating and time-consuming rework.
1 Sogeti, Capgemini (2020), Continuous Testing Report 2020

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In-sprint testing
Scans and
Recordings
Test Cases
BPMN
diagrams
BDD
Scenarios
Business
Requirements
Reactive Model
of the system
Find / Make / Allocate Test Data
Run Results
Tests
New
Iteration
 Perfect sets of tests
 Fast Maintenance
 Reusable Components
 Move faster
 Deliver with confidence
Test Automation
Test Automation

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Solving challenges in automation
Modelling breaks barriers to test automation adoption:
1. Flowcharts automate potentially slow and repetitive test case and data creation.
2. Flowcharts minimise manual rework – updating models updates all artefacts generated from them.
3. Test generation optimises tests to find bugs earlier and at less cost to fix.
4. Modelling reduces silos, miscommunication and “information hops”.
5. Re-usability frees up testing engineering time – focus on creating what’s new and valuable.
6. “Test Data Automation” minimises data frustrations, creating unique combinations for every test.

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Developer
Tester
Business Analyst
Product Owner
Solving challenges beyond automation
Sprint Backlog
Definition of Done
Integration
Automation Execution
Dynamic Requirements Test Scenarios
Find / Make Test Data
Test Automation
In-Sprint
Test
Automation
(User
Story
/
Features)

25. Demo
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Questions and Discussion

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Carry on the conversation?
• Try Test Modeller. Visit Testmodeller.io for a free trial and online tutorials.
• Book a Test Modeller demo and discussion with a Curiosity expert.
• Follow Curiosity Software on LinkedIn and @CuriositySoft on Twitter for
resources and news.
• Head to Selectorshub.com to download SelectorsHub and get started
today!
• Follow @SanjayKumaarr on Twitter and SelectorsHub on LinkedIn

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Thank you
James.Walker@Curiosity.Software
SelectorsHub@gmail.com