Test Automation Foundations

Get started in test automation. Learn how to integrate automated testing into your QA or DevOps workflow.

Introduction

• Build a foundation of test automation
• What you should know
• Value of automation

1. Test Types

• Agile Testing Quadrants
• The test pyramid
• Unit tests
• Integration tests
• UI tests

2. How to Approach Automation

• Get the whole team involved
• Make a strategy
• Test tools
• Development processes
• Follow test design patterns

3. Testing Tools

• Framework
• Assertion library
• Test results

4. Decide What to Automate

• Scenarios to automate
• Give each scenario a value
• Risk of automation
• The cost of automation
• Select what to automate

5. Adopt Test Automation

• Maintain standards
• Make a maintenance plan
• Use continuous integration
• Measure code coverage
• Share automation success

Conclusion

• Advance your skills