Test Automation Foundations

Course details

Automated testing relies on scripting and frameworks like Selenium to prove that products work as expected. Test automation is an enormous time-saver, and it's crucial to continuous integration, continuous delivery, and agile software development. If you're employed in QA, DevOps, and IT, you need to know the basics. This course covers the foundations of test automation, as well as different strategies for implementation. QA engineer Meaghan Lewis explains what kinds of tests to use, how to choose the right test tools, and how to plan and execute test automation projects. She also describes strategies to maintain automation over time: adding new tests, updating old tests, and resolving failures.

Learning objectives
The test pyramid
Unit, integration, and UI tests
Creating an automation strategy
Choosing test tools
Deciding what to automation
Identifying the risks and cost of automation
Implementing test automation
Using continuous integration
Measuring code coverage

Concepts

Introduction

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

Test Types

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

How to Approach Automation

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

Testing Tools

Framework
Assertion library
Test results

Decide What to Automate

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

Adopt Test Automation

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

Conclusion

Advance your skills