Rely on this robust and thorough guide to build and maintain successful test automation. As the software industry shifts from traditional waterfall paradigms into more agile ones, test automation becomes a highly important tool that allows your development teams to deliver software at an ever-increasing pace without compromising quality.
Even though it may seem trivial to automate the repetitive tester''s work, using test automation efficiently and properly is not trivial. Many test automation endeavors end up in the graveyard of software projects. There are many things that affect the value of test automation, and also its costs. This book aims to cover all of these aspects in great detail so you can make decisions to create the best test automation solution that will not only help your test automation project to succeed, but also allow the entire software project to thrive.
One of the most important details that affects the success of the test automation is
Table of Contents
Part 1: The “Why” and the “What”.-
Chapter 1: The Value of Test Automation.-
Chapter 2: From Manual to Automated Testing.-
Chapter 3: People and Tools.-
Chapter 4: Reaching Full Coverage.-
Chapter 5: Business Processes.-
Chapter 6: Test Automation and Architecture.-
Chapter 7: Isolation and Test Environments.-
Chapter 8: The Big Picture.-
Part 2: The “How”.-
Chapter 9: Preparing for the Tutorial.-
Chapter 10: Designing the First Test Case.-
Chapter 11: Start Coding the First Test.-
Chapter 12: Completing the First Test.-
Chapter 13: Investigating Failure.-
Chapter 14: Adding More Tests.-
Chapter 15: Continuous Integration.-
Chapter 16: Acceptance Test Driven Development.-
Chapter 17: Unit tests and TDD.-
Chapter 18: Other Types of Automated Tests.-
Chapter 19: Where to Go from Here.-
Appendix A: Real-World Examples.-
Appendix B: Cleanup Mechanism.-
Appendix C: Test Automation Essentials.-
Appendix D: Tips and Practices for Programmer’s Productivity.-
