Automated Testing Introduction
This course is the perfect introduction to testers who are considering moving to Test Automation from manual testing. It covers the types of test automation, pros & cons of automation, common tools and how to select the appropriate one, demos of different types of tools and also a hands-on for delegates to try out an automation tool.
Delivery
This course is delivered online, which is live, instructor-led training (VILT), or it can be delivered on-site at your premises (Classroom).
Online, the course is over 2 days, with each day being an online session of approx. 3.5 hours.
Classroom, the course is 1 full day.
Course Topics
Types of Test Automation
- Types of Test Automation used in Functional & Performance Testing
Benefits and Risks of test automation
- Benefits & Risks of Test Automation
- Benefit/Cost analysis
Test Automation Suitability
- Types of tests suitable to automation
- What not to automate
- Prioritisation of tests
Test Data Considerations
- Demo example of test failure
- Common problems arising from test data
- Data protection / GDPR
- Positive & Negative Testing
- Tools for Test Data generation
Abstraction Layers and Frameworks
- Code vs Keyword, Codeless and record & replay, A.I. generated Scripts, BDD/TDD frameworks
- Ranorex example
- Playwright example
Tool selection
- Commercial vs Open source (pros/cons)
- Support
- Training
- Language selection
- Technologies supported
- Framework support
- Piloting
Hands-on for delegates
- Microsoft Playwright
Guidelines for better Automation
- Hints and tips to improve automation adoption success
Test Execution
- Parallelisation, multiple machines
- Unattended execution
- Continuous Integration
- GitHub Actions with demo
Booking
To get prices and to book a course, please contact tom.millichamp@edgewords.co.uk or phone +44 (0)333 939 8884.
For private Agile courses online or on-site you can have up to 10 delegates on a course. Every delegate receives a comprehensive e-workbook.
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