Test Automation – Software Development Series

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Introduction

Module 1 – Planning It

• Identification of testing needs.
• Identification of “what are you trying to prove”.
• Identifying what is to be automated (data generation, coverage checks, functional/non-functional attributes).
• Identification of the level to be tested (Unit/Integration/System/Acceptance).
• Exercise – review requirements and identify key testing areas, key approaches and data sets needed, design a basic test framework for each test level.

Module 2 – Picking the Tool

• Basic tool types.
• Test automation frameworks.
• Identification of the tools required.
• Tool selection processes.
• Exercise – based on the test project outline a potential tool set to use.
• Tool implementation processes.
• Exercise – based on the previous exercise, identify the implementation approaches for the tool(s).

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Module 3 – Doing It

• Unit Testing.
• Exercise – read code and design the tests (asserts and regular expressions).
• Integration Testing.
• Exercise – building scripts (basic scripting).
• System Testing.
• Exercise – use a capture/replay tool to generate functional and non-functional tests.
• Acceptance Testing.
• Exercise – use a capture/replay tool as part of an acceptance test suite.

Module 4 – Recap and Conclusion