Agile Test Automation

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Session 902Agile Test Automation

Werner Keil, Director, Creative Arts & Technologies


Agenda

25 minutes• Intro• Process• Tools• Framework

30 minutes• Demo• Q&A


Intro

Main Trend:

Move away from Waterfall to Lean and Agile


Intro

How does Agile affect

Software Testing?


Agile Values and Principles

Values• Communication• Simplicity• Feedback• Courage• Respect• Transparency• Trust


Agile Values and Principles

Principles• Eliminate Waste• Build Quality In• Create Knowledge• Deliver Fast• Respect People• Optimize the Whole

Agile Manifesto

In February 2001, 17 software developers met at a ski resort in Snowbird, Utah, to discuss lightweight development methods. They published the "Manifesto for Agile Software Development" © agilemanifesto.org


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Roles

Roles in an Agile team• Product Owner• Domain Expert• Developer• Tester


Roles

Tester’s role in a new Agile world


Responsibilities

• Requirements Management and Analysis• Helping Business with Requirements• Helping Developers with Test Data

preparation and Unit Testing

• Test Execution• Test Automation• Exploratory Testing


Responsibilities

No more QualityPolice!


Responsibilities

Build Quality in• Whole team responsible for quality

• Not just Test Engineers• TDD

• Tester as Helper• Aim for zero defect rate

• Though some may call that insane ;-)


Technical Practices

• Iterative process• Continuous integration• Refactoring


Process

The Four D’s of Agile Development• Discuss• Decide• Develop• Demonstrate


Process


Tools

Test Harness• JUnit• TestNG• etc.


Tools

Driver• Selenium | WebDriver• SoapUI• Arquillian• etc.


Tools

Functional• Concordion• FitNesse• Cucumber• easyB• Eclipse Jubula• etc.


Selenium 2

Selection Criteria• Self Contained• Browser Support• Scripting in Java


Selenium 2

This won‘t work

at least

under

Windows


Concordion

No acceptance tests written like this...


Concordion

Write them like this instead...


Concordion

Clear tests lead to clear fixture code


Concordion

Active Specification• Plain English requirements• Acceptance tests in form of real life

examples• Can be executed against SUT


Framework

Pages


Framework

Personas?


Framework

PersonasFictional – but realistic – character sketches

based on a break-down of the target audience into groups of users that exhibit common characteristics. They are created using knowledge drawn from previous research, for example user groups and surveys that have been carried out with actual users.


Framework

Testing

Cloud

DEMOTime for a


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Technology

Agile Test Automation