Katalon's presentation at Quality Jam 2018 in Atlanta. This session was covered Nilesh Patel (Director of Testing at KMS Technology) and Kyle McMeekin (Director of Tech Alliances at QASymphony). Agenda: 1. KMS’ Automation Strategy 2. QAS’s automation stance to date 3. Better together: qTest + Katalon 4. Katalon Best Practices 5. What’s next? 6. Q&A Learn more about Katalon Products at https://www.katalon.com/

1. Katalon: Mobile
and Browser-Based
Automation
KYLE MCMEEKIN AND NILESH PATEL
APRIL 11th, 2018
ATL
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2. Agenda
Nilesh Patel
KMS Technology
Director of Testing
Services
KMS’ Automation Strategy
QAS’s automation stance to date
Better together: qTest + Katalon
Katalon Best Practices
What’s next?
Q&A
Kyle McMeekin
QASymphony
Director of Tech Alliances

3. KMS’ Automation
Strategy
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4. How many people in the room have faced challenges with….
● Implementing end-to-end lifecycle automation?
● Application stability and functionality changes?
● A diverse tools landscape?
Source: World Quality Report 2017-2018
Audience Poll

5. Industry Trends
Global Competition has induced a
LOW TOLERANCE for defects, while
persuading FASTER ITERATIONS of
differentiating features within
software
Industry buzzwords: be Agile, apply
DevOps
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6. The KMS Perspective
Test whenever (sub)component
or (sub)feature is available
Test EARLIER
Test whenever component or
service code is checked-in
Test OFTEN
Use tools to provide
comprehensive coverage
Test with TOOLS
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Test with Business-assurance
“real-world” workflows
Test REAL-WORLD

7. <Need a funny picture, which disappears before the text below appears>
To look at tools that will:
Eliminate challenges in executing end-to-end automation
Eliminate the need for a diverse set of automation tools
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8. …So why are
we here?
To look at possible solutions
leveraging tools to:
➢ Empower manual testers to
contribute to automation
➢ Assist Agile teams on their
automation journey
➢ Provide tooling to support
mobile and browser based
automation
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9. FAQs
TO HELP US GET STARTED:
● How do I pick up Automation skills?
● What are some ‘Gotcha!’ of starting an
automation initiative?
● How does Katalon fit into an overall
testing strategy?
● I have tried Selenium/Appium - why
should I try Katalon?
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10. Automation
Strategies:
Do’s and Don’ts
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11. Do’s:
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Don’ts:
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High-value checklist for Automation
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12. QASymphony’s
Automation
Strategy to Date
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13. Automation Needs
• Gaming
• Responsive websites
• Embedded devices
• ERP systems
• Salesforce
• Backend Databases

14. Automation Options

15. Ways to integrate

16. Current State

17. Future State

18. Future State
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19. Better Together:
qTest + Katalon
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20. ● Simple deployment, easy kick-off with project templates and hundreds of
keywords built-in.
● Cross platforms support Windows, macOS, Linux and popular mobile and
browser platforms that support CI/CD world
● Full featured to support small to enterprise automation teams
● User friendly GUI, quick learning curve.
● Detailed guides, tutorials and videos by the team and community.
Introduction to Katalon

21. ● Dual scripting modes enable effective collaboration between manual tester to
automation engineers.
● Supports KeyWord Driven and Data Driven Testing.
● Based on Selenium and Appium, the dominant automation stacks with official
support for all browsers.
● Native integrations with DevOps and CI/CD ecosystems: GIT, Jenkins, qTest,
JIRA, Slack and major cloud services.
Katalon Benefits

22. Automation Painpoints
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1) Complex frameworks
2) Experience and
Expertise
3) Centralizing
automation metrics with
other testing metrics
4) Reusability of scripts
Not required – Built on top of
Selenium and Appium
No coding experience required
Direct integration with qTest
Object Repository; improved
management and maintenance

23. ● Real Time Dashboard and Reports
● Identify Defects Faster
● Test Defects Flakiness Detection
● Improve Automation Strategy
● Support Team Collaboration
● Centralize testing results in a core
area
● Easily associate and report on
automated runs tied to JIRA issues
Katalon Analytics + qTest Insights

24. Katalon Best
Practices
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Better Practices with Katalon
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26. What’s Next?
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27. Katalon Roadmap

28. For QASymphony

29. Appendix
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30. qTest with Katalon
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31. Introduction to
Katalon
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