The document discusses creating a thin automation framework for automated acceptance testing that is test-driven, layered, and uses static page objects to make tests faster to write, easier to maintain, and more reusable. It emphasizes layering tests, framework code, and the webdriver to decouple them and keep code cleaner. The framework utilizes tests, static page/component objects, workflows, utilities, and a webdriver wrapper.

1. A Thin Automation Framework
for Manageable Automated
Acceptance Testing
Test-driving your way to a framework that fits your software
Wyn Van Devanter

2. Automated Acceptance Tests (AATs)
What?
But why?

3. Automated Acceptance Tests (AATs)
Why not?

4. Recorded tests.
What are my options?
Write the tests in code.

5. What are my options?
Thin automation framework with page
objects

6. Key aspects of the framework
Test-Driven
Layered
Static objects
False failure mitigation

7. Why you need this framework
Faster test creation
Easier to write tests
Thin & readable tests
Reusable code and workflows

8. Why layering is important
Tests
Framework
Web Driver
- Tests only talk to framework
- Framework talks to web driver
- No coupling tests
- Cleaner, more readable code & tests

9. Key components of the framework
Tests -> Static Objects
Page/Page Component
Navigation | Workflows | Utilities
Web Driver wrapper

10. Demo

11. Thank you
wyn.vandevanter@excella.com
http://www.slideshare.net/wynvandevanter/create-a-maintainable-automated-
acceptance-test-framework