What should I automate?
While manual testing is always going to have its place, there are several types of tests that can be automated for efficiency. In this session, we’ll discuss everything from automating functional and load tests to the automation of writing test case steps and designing for reuse.
This presentation provides an overview of automation testing and the Selenium tool. It defines automation as a way to overcome manual testing limitations by adding speed and accuracy. The benefits of automation testing are discussed, including time savings, reduced costs, accuracy, and quality assurance. Two main types of automation tools are described: functional testing tools and performance testing tools. Selenium is introduced as an open source tool for automating web applications across browsers. Its components and advantages over commercial tools like QTP are outlined, such as being open source, flexible, and supporting multiple browsers and platforms. Some disadvantages of Selenium are also noted, such as only testing web applications and slower automation compared to proprietary IDEs.
Automation testing is crucial for large projects to achieve test coverage and speed. It is best suited when tests are repetitive, such as regression testing of unchanged parts of an application. Automation allows companies to execute repetitive and difficult tests faster to get quick feedback on new builds. However, automation requires significant investment and effort, so it is best to start with critical workflows that are stable and unlikely to change. Leveraging a crowd testing platform can help combat challenges in achieving full test coverage through a strategic combination of in-house and crowd-sourced testing.
Ranorex is a software development company with locations in Florida (Tampa) and Austria (Graz) that provides innovative automated software testing solutions to thousands of companies and education institutions around the world. Ranorex offers a comprehensive range of desktop, web and mobile test automation tools which are used to improve the quality of the companies´ software applications. Get details at http://www.ranorex.com/product/tools.html.
WSO2Con Asia 2014 - Effective Test Automation in an Agile Environment
The document discusses effective test automation strategies in an agile environment. It begins by defining automated testing and its goals of reducing manual testing while still providing coverage. Success stories from companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are provided that demonstrate how extensive automation allows for rapid deployment schedules. The test automation pyramid concept of testing at different levels from units to APIs to interfaces is introduced. The rest of the document covers the WSO2 test automation framework, lessons learned around maintaining automation, and the benefits of continuous integration/delivery.
bqurious is a Complete Test Automation & Management Suite built on top of Opensource Technologies like Selenium. Its a SaaS based solution that supports "No Programming" automation testing paradigm.
bqurious enables simultaneous automation testing on multiple real devices connected on internet/intranet.
Many organizations never achieve the significant benefits that are promised from automated test execution. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues, especially at system testing level. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues. Dot Graham describes the most important management concerns the test manager must address for test automation success, and helps you understand and choose the best approaches for your organization—no matter which automation tools you use or your current state of automation. Dot explains how automation affects staffing, who should be responsible for which automation tasks, how managers can best support automation efforts leading to success, and why return on investment can be dangerous and what you can realistically expect. Dot also reviews a few key technical issues that can make or break the automation effort. Come away with an example set of automation objectives and measures, and a draft test automation strategy that you can use to plan or improve your own automation.
Businesses face difficulty due to rapidly changing dynamic applications, and here test automation service provider can solves all your woes. Accelerate the release of your product with test automation solutions. Check out the PPT to know more or visit Bugraptors portfolio at www.bugraptors.com
It Seemed a Good Idea at the Time: Intelligent Mistakes in Test Automation
Some test automation ideas seem very sensible at first glance but contain pitfalls and problems that can and should be avoided. Dot Graham describes five of these “intelligent mistakes”—1. Automated tests will find more bugs quicker. (Automation doesn’t find bugs, tests do.) 2. Spending a lot on a tool must guarantee great benefits. (Good automation does not come “out of the box” and is not automatic.) 3. Let’s automate all of our manual tests. (This may not give you better or faster testing, and you will miss out on some benefits.) 4. Tools are expensive so we have to show a return on investment. (This is not only surprisingly difficult but may actually be harmful.) 5. Because they are called “testing tools,” they must be tools for testers to use. (Making testers become test automators may be damaging to both testing and automation.) Join Dot for a rousing discussion of “intelligent mistakes”—so you can be smart enough to avoid them.
Presented by,
Ms. Anjali K G
Quality Assurance Engineer, Livares Technologies
Manual Testing: Process of testing an application
manually for defects. It requires a tester to play the role
of an end user
Automation Testing: It is technique by using special
software to control the execution of tests and the
comparison of actual results with predicted results
Testing tools Ex: QTP, Winrunner, Selenium etc
This document discusses automation testing and provides an overview of manual vs automation testing. It covers why automation testing is important, including allowing repetitive tests to run across multiple builds and reducing human error. Common automation tools like QTP and Selenium are mentioned. The history of automation from record and playback to modern keyword-driven approaches is summarized. Examples of building automation frameworks for QTP and Selenium are provided. In conclusion, the document promotes automation testing as important for the future.
Developing a test automation strategy by Brian Bayer
The document discusses developing a test automation strategy and considerations for regression testing, automation, and frameworks. It addresses why regression testing is important, factors for the automation strategy like business needs and ROI, and frameworks to consider like Cucumber, Robot Framework, and Spock. The strategy determines test maintenance and fits within the organization, development process, and technology stacks.
In this Quality Assurance Training session, you will learn about Automation Tools Overview. Topic covered in this session are:
• SQL Basic Operators and Function
• Software Testing Tool – Overview
• Advantage- Automation
• Disadvantage - Automation
• Grouping of Automation Tool
• Functional Tool
• Source Code Testing Tool
• Performance Tool
• Test Management Tool
• Security Testing Tool
For more information, about this quality assurance training, visit this link: https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/quality-assurance/software-testing-training-with-hands-on-project-on-e-commerce-application/
STARWEST 2010 - 7 Steps To Improving Software Quality using Microsoft Test Ma...
Using Visual Studio 2010, teams can improve software quality through 7 steps: 1) work management with hierarchical tasks and improved reporting; 2) defining "done" with dashboards; 3) automated builds with traceability from development to testing; 4) manual and automated testing tools; 5) developer quality tools to find and fix bugs early; 6) test lab management with virtual environments; and 7) continuous improvement through an integrated and productive environment.
Scriptless Automation Testing: A Unique Framework To Accelerate Delivery
It is a challenge for every organisation to enhance the response time for completing a testing cycle while maintaining the quality of the end product. This gives way to Automation. The current slideshare will uncover a unique framework that combines two powerful automation testing
The document provides an overview of the C# programming language. It discusses that C# is an object-oriented language developed by Microsoft for building applications on the .NET platform. Some key points covered include:
- C# is derived from C/C++ but simplifies aspects of these languages. It supports features like automatic memory management, events, delegates, and object-oriented programming principles.
- The .NET Framework provides the runtime environment for C# and other .NET languages. It includes the Common Language Runtime (CLR) for memory management, security, and other services.
- C# code is compiled to an intermediate language (IL) that is executed by the CLR on any .NET-compatible platform.
[DevDay 2017] Automation Testing - Speaker: Nghia Khuong - Project Manager at...DevDay Da Nang
This presentation will give you information about automation testing
- Why we need to to do automation testing?
- What we can do with automation testing
- Automation testing with Selenium"
How Manual Testers Can Break into Automation Without Programming SkillsRanorex
Adoption of automating tests has not happened as quickly as organizations need. As more companies move toward implementing agile development as their software development lifecycle, more features are being implemented and released more quickly. This leaves less time for full regression testing of the system, nonetheless this should still be done. Manual testers need to transform into test automation testers as well.
Learn how to make this jump as a manual tester and focus on the right areas first e.g. automation test structure, object recognition and results interpretation.
Automation testing involves using software tools to execute pre-scripted tests on an application before its release. It aims to simplify and automate as much testing effort as possible. Automation testing tools can execute tests, report outcomes, and compare results across test runs. Manual testing of multilingual sites is time-consuming and prone to errors, while automation testing can run unattended and is faster. Risky, time-consuming, repetitive, and difficult tests are best candidates for automation. Test tool selection depends on the application's technology. The scope of automation should be defined and include important, reused, and complex features. Automation brings benefits like repeatability, reusability, reliability, speed, comprehensiveness, and cost
This presentation provides an overview of automation testing and the Selenium tool. It defines automation as a way to overcome manual testing limitations by adding speed and accuracy. The benefits of automation testing are discussed, including time savings, reduced costs, accuracy, and quality assurance. Two main types of automation tools are described: functional testing tools and performance testing tools. Selenium is introduced as an open source tool for automating web applications across browsers. Its components and advantages over commercial tools like QTP are outlined, such as being open source, flexible, and supporting multiple browsers and platforms. Some disadvantages of Selenium are also noted, such as only testing web applications and slower automation compared to proprietary IDEs.
Automation testing is crucial for large projects to achieve test coverage and speed. It is best suited when tests are repetitive, such as regression testing of unchanged parts of an application. Automation allows companies to execute repetitive and difficult tests faster to get quick feedback on new builds. However, automation requires significant investment and effort, so it is best to start with critical workflows that are stable and unlikely to change. Leveraging a crowd testing platform can help combat challenges in achieving full test coverage through a strategic combination of in-house and crowd-sourced testing.
Ranorex is a software development company with locations in Florida (Tampa) and Austria (Graz) that provides innovative automated software testing solutions to thousands of companies and education institutions around the world. Ranorex offers a comprehensive range of desktop, web and mobile test automation tools which are used to improve the quality of the companies´ software applications. Get details at http://www.ranorex.com/product/tools.html.
WSO2Con Asia 2014 - Effective Test Automation in an Agile EnvironmentWSO2
The document discusses effective test automation strategies in an agile environment. It begins by defining automated testing and its goals of reducing manual testing while still providing coverage. Success stories from companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are provided that demonstrate how extensive automation allows for rapid deployment schedules. The test automation pyramid concept of testing at different levels from units to APIs to interfaces is introduced. The rest of the document covers the WSO2 test automation framework, lessons learned around maintaining automation, and the benefits of continuous integration/delivery.
bqurious Test Automation & Management SuiteAbhay Goel
bqurious is a Complete Test Automation & Management Suite built on top of Opensource Technologies like Selenium. Its a SaaS based solution that supports "No Programming" automation testing paradigm.
bqurious enables simultaneous automation testing on multiple real devices connected on internet/intranet.
Many organizations never achieve the significant benefits that are promised from automated test execution. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues, especially at system testing level. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues. Dot Graham describes the most important management concerns the test manager must address for test automation success, and helps you understand and choose the best approaches for your organization—no matter which automation tools you use or your current state of automation. Dot explains how automation affects staffing, who should be responsible for which automation tasks, how managers can best support automation efforts leading to success, and why return on investment can be dangerous and what you can realistically expect. Dot also reviews a few key technical issues that can make or break the automation effort. Come away with an example set of automation objectives and measures, and a draft test automation strategy that you can use to plan or improve your own automation.
Test Automation - Everything You Need To KnowBugRaptors
Businesses face difficulty due to rapidly changing dynamic applications, and here test automation service provider can solves all your woes. Accelerate the release of your product with test automation solutions. Check out the PPT to know more or visit Bugraptors portfolio at www.bugraptors.com
It Seemed a Good Idea at the Time: Intelligent Mistakes in Test AutomationTechWell
Some test automation ideas seem very sensible at first glance but contain pitfalls and problems that can and should be avoided. Dot Graham describes five of these “intelligent mistakes”—1. Automated tests will find more bugs quicker. (Automation doesn’t find bugs, tests do.) 2. Spending a lot on a tool must guarantee great benefits. (Good automation does not come “out of the box” and is not automatic.) 3. Let’s automate all of our manual tests. (This may not give you better or faster testing, and you will miss out on some benefits.) 4. Tools are expensive so we have to show a return on investment. (This is not only surprisingly difficult but may actually be harmful.) 5. Because they are called “testing tools,” they must be tools for testers to use. (Making testers become test automators may be damaging to both testing and automation.) Join Dot for a rousing discussion of “intelligent mistakes”—so you can be smart enough to avoid them.
Presented by,
Ms. Anjali K G
Quality Assurance Engineer, Livares Technologies
Manual Testing: Process of testing an application
manually for defects. It requires a tester to play the role
of an end user
Automation Testing: It is technique by using special
software to control the execution of tests and the
comparison of actual results with predicted results
Testing tools Ex: QTP, Winrunner, Selenium etc
Automation testing introduction for FujiNetHai Tran Son
This document discusses automation testing and provides an overview of manual vs automation testing. It covers why automation testing is important, including allowing repetitive tests to run across multiple builds and reducing human error. Common automation tools like QTP and Selenium are mentioned. The history of automation from record and playback to modern keyword-driven approaches is summarized. Examples of building automation frameworks for QTP and Selenium are provided. In conclusion, the document promotes automation testing as important for the future.
Developing a test automation strategy by Brian BayerQA or the Highway
The document discusses developing a test automation strategy and considerations for regression testing, automation, and frameworks. It addresses why regression testing is important, factors for the automation strategy like business needs and ROI, and frameworks to consider like Cucumber, Robot Framework, and Spock. The strategy determines test maintenance and fits within the organization, development process, and technology stacks.
In this Quality Assurance Training session, you will learn about Automation Tools Overview. Topic covered in this session are:
• SQL Basic Operators and Function
• Software Testing Tool – Overview
• Advantage- Automation
• Disadvantage - Automation
• Grouping of Automation Tool
• Functional Tool
• Source Code Testing Tool
• Performance Tool
• Test Management Tool
• Security Testing Tool
For more information, about this quality assurance training, visit this link: https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/quality-assurance/software-testing-training-with-hands-on-project-on-e-commerce-application/
STARWEST 2010 - 7 Steps To Improving Software Quality using Microsoft Test Ma...Anna Russo
Using Visual Studio 2010, teams can improve software quality through 7 steps: 1) work management with hierarchical tasks and improved reporting; 2) defining "done" with dashboards; 3) automated builds with traceability from development to testing; 4) manual and automated testing tools; 5) developer quality tools to find and fix bugs early; 6) test lab management with virtual environments; and 7) continuous improvement through an integrated and productive environment.
Scriptless Automation Testing: A Unique Framework To Accelerate DeliveryNet Solutions
It is a challenge for every organisation to enhance the response time for completing a testing cycle while maintaining the quality of the end product. This gives way to Automation. The current slideshare will uncover a unique framework that combines two powerful automation testing
The document provides an overview of the C# programming language. It discusses that C# is an object-oriented language developed by Microsoft for building applications on the .NET platform. Some key points covered include:
- C# is derived from C/C++ but simplifies aspects of these languages. It supports features like automatic memory management, events, delegates, and object-oriented programming principles.
- The .NET Framework provides the runtime environment for C# and other .NET languages. It includes the Common Language Runtime (CLR) for memory management, security, and other services.
- C# code is compiled to an intermediate language (IL) that is executed by the CLR on any .NET-compatible platform.
This document discusses Agile testing tools. It covers task management tools, software build tools, configuration management tools, test design tools, communication tools, and cloud/virtualization tools. Task management tools help track user stories and tasks throughout sprints. Build tools enable daily builds. Configuration management tools store code and tests. Test design tools help automate testing. Communication tools like wikis and chat support collaboration. Cloud/virtualization tools provide flexible testing environments.
Leading from behind - FoxHedge XBOSoft - Acceptance Test Driven Development -...XBOSoft
In Acceptance Test Driven Development the acceptance criteria and acceptance tests for those criteria are created before the start of development.
Keywords:
Agile
Agile testing
Acceptance test driven development
Best practices and lessons learned
These slides are from a webinar by XBOsoft and Jim York:
Jim is a Certified Scrum Coach, Certified Scrum Trainer, and cofounder of FoxHedge Ltd. For more than 25 years as a management and IT consultant, Jim has led, trained, and coached hundreds of individuals, teams, and organizations in the implementation of Lean and Agile concepts. His workshops blend his practical experience in Scrum, Lean Software Development, Extreme Programming, Agile Project Management, Product Management, and traditional project management. Jim shares his passion for Lean and Agile as a frequent presenter at conferences, users groups, public and on-site workshops, and as a business process coach.
XBOSoft is an American firm specializing in software quality assurance with branch offices in Europe and Asia. With a proven record of success working for Fortune 500 companies and specialized software vendors, XBOSoft has gained deep domain expertise in the fields of healthcare, finance, technology, and energy.
DevOps is an approach that aims to break down barriers between development and operations teams. It promotes practices like automating processes, using consistent tooling across teams, and integrating operational skills into development work. DevOps works best for web applications hosted in cloud environments, especially when teams already practice agile development. It can be challenging for applications with dependencies, shared environments, multiple platforms, or in regulated industries. Whether an organization adopts DevOps should depend on how well they currently deliver quality releases in a timely manner.
Testing frameworks provide an execution environment for automated tests. The main types are modular, data-driven, and keyword-driven frameworks. Modular frameworks organize tests into independent scripts representing application modules. Data-driven frameworks store test data and expected results in external files to reduce code duplication. Keyword-driven frameworks use external files to store test actions and data. Hybrid frameworks combine advantages of the different approaches. While frameworks work with waterfall models, agile methodologies benefit more from test-driven development and behavior-driven development which integrate testing throughout development.
Testing with Microsoft Technologies - Kick Off SessionMoataz Nabil
The document provides an overview and agenda for a session on Microsoft testing tools. The session will cover manual testing and test case management using Microsoft Test Manager 2012, automated testing using coded UI tests in Visual Studio 2012, web performance testing in Visual Studio 2012, cloud-based load testing in Visual Studio 2013, application lifecycle management using Visual Studio Online 2013, and working with Team Foundation Server 2012.
.NET is both a business strategy from Microsoft and its collection of programming support for what are known as Web services, the ability to use the Web rather than your own computer for various services.
http://www.thinkittraining.in/dotnet
QA with Microsoft Test Manager and Lab ManagementRofiqi Setiawan
Plan, manage, and execute tests with Microsoft Test Manager and Lab Management in Visual Studio 2013 which will make it easier to conduct manual and automated testing across a variety of environments. This presentation covers the new exploratory testing approach offered by Microsoft Test Manager; the simplified setup and administration of Lab Management environments; and some of the other fit-and-finish features across the testing scenario.
Triple Assurance: AI-Powered Test Automation in UI Design and FunctionalityApplitools
Explore the efficiencies of test automation using the GienTech automation framework enhanced by the AI-powered Applitools platform.
Details and session recording with demonstration at https://applitools.info/j90
This document discusses Microsoft's solution for enabling continuous quality practices across the application lifecycle. It highlights features for test planning, continuous acceptance testing, lab management automation, manual testing, exploratory testing using Microsoft Test Manager and Lab Management. The solution provides role tailored tools, supports hybrid IT environments, and enables continuous value delivery through practices like test-driven development and automated testing. A call to action is provided to learn more through Microsoft Virtual Academy courses, TechNet Virtual Labs, and trials of Azure and Visual Studio.
Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 include many new and improved testing capabilities that aim to break down silos between development and testing teams. Key features include innovative test case management, automated build-deploy-test workflows, test lab management for virtual environments, rich bug filing capabilities, and tools to help developers identify and fix issues early like IntelliTrace and Coded UI testing. The integrated offerings are designed to align quality assurance more closely with the development lifecycle and enable highly leveraged QA teams.
This document discusses best practices for developing an automated testing framework. It recommends using a hybrid keyword-driven and data-driven approach to reduce scripting efforts. Some key points covered include the benefits of automation like reduced costs and increased speed/accuracy over manual testing. It also discusses factors to consider when selecting an automation tool, common challenges, and provides an example case study showing the ROI achieved through automation. Best practices emphasized include loose coupling of framework components, reuse of generic libraries, and treating framework development as a distinct project.
Automated Software Testing Framework Training by Quontra SolutionsQuontra Solutions
Learn through Experience -- We differentiate our training and development program by delivering Role-Based training instead of Product-based training. Ultimately, our goal is to deliver the best IT Training to our clients.
In this training, attendees learn:
Introduction to Automation
• What is automation
• Advantages of automation & Disadvantages of automation
• Different types of Automation Tools
• What to automate in projects
• When to start automation. Scope for automation testing in projects
• About open-source automation tools
Introduction to Selenium
• What is selenium
• Why selenium
• Advantage and Disadvantages of selenium
Selenium components
• Selenium IDE
• Selenium RC
• Selenium WebDriver
• Selenium Grid
Selenium IDE
• Introduction to IDE
• IDE Installation
• Installation and uses of Firepath, Firebug & Debug bar
• Property & value of elements
• Selenium commands
• Assertions & Verification
• Running, pausing and debugging script
• Disadvantages of selenium IDE
• How to convert selenium IDE Scripts into other languages
Locators
• Tools to identify elements/objects
• Firebug
• IE Developer tools
• Google Chrome Developer tools
• Locating elements by ID
• Finding elements by name
• Finding elements by link text
• Finding elements by XPath
• Finding Elements by using CSS
• Summary
Selenium RC
• What is selenium RC
• Advantages of RC, Architecture
• What is Eclipse/IntelliJ, Selenium RC configure with Eclipse/IntelliJ
• Creating, running & debugging RC scripts
Java Concepts
• Introduction to OOPs concepts and Java
• Installation: Java, Eclipse/IntelliJ, selenium, TestNg/JUnit
• operators in java
• Data types in java
• Conditional statements in java
• Looping statements in java
• Output statements in java
• Classes & Objects
• Collection Framework
• Regular Expressions
• Exception Handling
• Packages, Access Specifiers /Modifiers
• String handling
• Log4J for logging
Selenium Web Driver with Java
• Introduction to WebDriver
• Advantages
• Different between RC and WebDriver
• Selenium WebDriver- commands
• Generate scripts in Eclipse/IntelliJ. Run Test Scripts.
• Debugging Test Script
• Database Connections
• Assertions, validations
• Working with Excel
• Pass the data from Excel
• Working with multiple browser
• Window Handling, Alert/confirm & Popup Handling
• Mouse events
• Wait mechanism
• Rich Web Handling: Calendar handing, Auto suggest, Ajax, browser forward/back navigation, keyboard events, certificate handling, event listeners
TestNg/JUnit Framework
• What is TestNg/JUnit
• Integrate the Selenium Scripts and Run from TestNg/JUnit
• Reporting Results and Analysis
• Run Scripts from multiple programs
• Parallel running using TestNg/JUnit
Automation Framework development in Agile testing
• Introduction to Frame W
The document discusses QA automation, including challenges like ensuring tests are resilient, simple, and comprehensive. It also discusses solutions like developing an automation framework to write high-level tests and using infrastructure for speed and parallelization. The document recommends considering outsourcing automation by evaluating factors like criticality, expertise needs, and test integration.
Test automation is used to automate test execution, compare outcomes to expected results, and reduce costs and risks of changes. Some tests like repetitive tasks can be automated, as well as tests that are difficult to do manually. Tools like TestStack, SpecFlow, CodeUI, and QTP can automate different types of tests, from unit and component tests to validating the final product and testing user interfaces. These tools automate testing across platforms like .NET, Silverlight, and Java applications.
The document summarizes a presentation on transforming manual testing processes to incorporate test automation. It discusses automation models and frameworks, incorporating automation into standard testing processes, typical test activities and deliverables for agile and waterfall SDLCs. It provides a deep dive into testing artifacts and how to better plan for automation. It also presents a case study where a command-driven testing framework was adopted to help automate manual testing processes and limit concurrent work by testers on the same templates. The presentation aims to provide best practices for planning and implementing test automation.
Udvid din test portefølje med coded ui test og cloud load testPeter Lindberg
The document discusses expanding a test portfolio with Coded UI tests and cloud-based load testing in Visual Studio. It covers automating tests with Microsoft Test Manager, creating automated UI tests using Coded UI, and performing load testing on applications hosted in the cloud using Visual Studio Online. Conducting load testing early and customizing tests to measure key performance metrics can help ensure applications meet expectations before public release.
No code testing revolutionizes web and mobile app testing by enabling business users and non-technical personnel to automate tests without writing test scripts.
Automation testing involves developing and executing tests that can run unattended, comparing actual and expected results. The major objectives of automation testing are to speed up testing, reduce costs and time, and increase quality. Automation testing is faster than manual testing and can test more scenarios. However, high upfront investment is required for tools and training. Both manual and automation testing are needed as automation does not cover all test cases. Popular automation testing tools include Selenium, QTP, and TestComplete.
Test Automation: Investment Today Pays Back TomorrowTechWell
Al Wagner from IBM presented on the topic of "Test Automation: Investment today pays back tomorrow". The presentation discussed how test automation is an investment that can reduce testing time and costs. It emphasized that test automation requires planning, resources, and maintenance similar to a software development project. The presentation provided examples of how organizations were able to significantly reduce testing cycles and costs through implementing test automation and service virtualization strategies.
This document discusses test automation approaches and best practices. It defines test automation as using software to perform test activities like execution and checking results. The document outlines how test automation fits into the software development lifecycle and notes that reducing manual testing and redundant tasks is key to success. It also discusses factors to consider for test automation, types of tests that can be automated, and technologies used for test automation like object-based and image-based recognition.
A Test Automation Platform Designed for the FutureApplitools
Looking for cutting-edge AI-based test automation tools to level up your SDLC today? In this webinar, we will hit reset on the industry expectations around what your tooling needs to look and act like—and give you a preview of the new product we’ve been pouring ourselves into. You will see why now is the time to shake things up and push beyond what you thought possible in your test automation practice.
The document discusses software project management and challenges. It notes that on average, software projects experience 45% cost overruns, 63% time overruns, and only deliver 67% of planned functionality. Common reasons for project failures include a lack of integrated tools, poor communication, and inflexible processes. The document then covers topics like software development lifecycles, management processes, development methodologies, team management best practices, and tools that can help with project management like Microsoft Project and Visual Studio ALM.
This is a presentation given at the Hangzhou Scrum Forum 2009, sponsored by Perficient, China. The topic is how to incorporate automated functional testing into an agile project, and also some best practices, tips, and warnings.
www.perficient.com
This document discusses automation testing. It begins by defining automation testing and listing its benefits, which include saving time and money, improving accuracy, and increasing test coverage. It then covers levels of automation testing, frameworks, approaches like record and playback, modular scripting, and keyword-driven testing. The document also discusses the automation testing lifecycle, how to choose a testing tool, types of tools, when to automate and who should automate, supporting practices, and skills needed for automation testing.
Test automation - Building effective solutionsArtem Nagornyi
This presentation is answering the questions: how to build an effective test automation framework, select the right tools and organize to whole process?
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Feedback helps us to build stronger teams, supports more effective problem-solving and collaboration, and ultimately contributes to happier people delivering better products. Without effective feedback, we can spend time focusing on the wrong things, solving the wrong problems, maybe not even knowing about problems in the first place! In my experience, people are generally not confident in their feedback skills. This makes feedback feel risky, vulnerable, scary, even downright anxiety-inducing and so then they give no feedback at all.
Feedback Doesn't Have to Suck. In this fast-paced 20 minute session focused on supercharging your feedback skills, I will help you get a good foothold on where to start. We’ll warm up with an overview of what feedback is, attributes of high-quality feedback, and some “tips and tricks” to getting comfortable with giving and receiving candid feedback that has worked really well for me both as a manager and a team member. You’ll be a feedback champion before you know it!
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How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense to you, that felt counterproductive to your or the team's effectiveness, or that were seemingly impossible to collect in a sane fashion? Oftentimes, I find that metrics being collected are ones that are easy to collect and report on but are not necessarily the ones that will help the team learn and improve.
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices and methodologies have taken the lead. Metrics have lagged a bit and often rely on very waterfall-style milestones and phase-gates to determine a team's effectiveness. In the spirit of continuous improvement, this session will take a look at the measures we can and should collect from agile teams, why these metrics are relevant and interesting, and how we can use them to help our teams continuously improve.
This document discusses increasing adaptability through developing three skills: change awareness, cognitive flexibility, and focused attention. It defines adaptability quotient (AQ) as the capacity to adapt to and thrive in changing environments. The document provides strategies for strengthening each skill, such as asking probing questions to improve change awareness, thinking differently to boost cognitive flexibility, and focusing on new situations to enhance attention. It encourages scanning the environment for unknowns, loosening constraints, and returning to zero to view things differently. The document was written by Sara Caldwell and Angela Dugan of 3Cloud Solutions and promotes their consulting services and resources including an AQ assessment test.
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The document discusses agile metrics used by Angela Dugan and Sara Caldwell of 3Cloud Solutions to measure team and product health. It introduces common metrics like work in progress, business value, and team health checks. It also cautions that metrics can be misused and should be viewed with care, using principles like considering multiple metrics, involving the team, and having surrounding conversations. The document aims to help readers understand how to properly use and interpret agile metrics.
VS Live 2021 Orlando - vst14 feedback skillsAngela Dugan
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So if feedback is critical to us growing and thriving, why aren't we all excitedly showering each other with feedback all the time, and BEGGING others to give it to us? In my experience, people are generally not enthusiastic or confident in their ability to give feedback. Feedback usually isn't happening because feedback feels risky, vulnerable, scary, even downright anxiety-inducing.
As a manager, leader, and coach of many teams over the last 20+ years, I can help you get a good foothold on where to start. Even better, I can tell you where the bodies are buried so you avoid some of the mistakes I've experienced over the years too.
In this session, we'll warm up with an overview of what feedback is and is not. We'll also review the qualities of high-quality feedback, as well as the other kinds of feedback so you know the difference. We'll finish off with a quick summary of some "tips and tricks" to getting comfortable with giving and receiving candid feedback that has worked really well for me. You'll be a feedback champion before you know it!
VS Live 2021 VST09 agile team metrics Fast Focus - angela duganAngela Dugan
Are you still relying on the old standbys like percent complete, velocity, and burndown for monitoring the progress of your teams or projects? Those metrics may not be telling you what you think they are! In this fast-paced discussion, we'll talk about some of the pitfalls of commonly used metrics, and make the case for not so commonly used measures that give you the insights that you're really striving for.
You will learn:
Understand the connection between what you measure, your team performance, and product quality
Explanation of how many commonly used metrics will fail to tell you what you really need to know
Familiarity with uncommonly used metrics that will more reliably tell you how well your project or team are really doing
THAT Conference 2021 - Level up your Feedback GameAngela Dugan
Feedback makes the world go around, and let’s be honest, many of us feel pretty unskilled at feedback - both at giving and receiving. As technologists, we thrive on experimenting, learning, and adjusting, which we cannot do without the input and perspectives of others around us.
So if feedback is critical to us growing and thriving, if feedback is truly a “gift”, what’s the deal? Why isn’t everyone wholeheartedly and excitedly showering each other with feedback all the time? In my experience, feedback isn’t happening because feedback feels risky, vulnerable, scary, even downright anxiety-inducing. Feedback is also something we’re not trained to do well if at all. Bad practices like the “feedback sh*t sandwich” is still common practice. It may even feel like a personal and professional bear trap! In this session, we’ll warm up with an overview of what feedback is and is not. We’ll also review the qualities of high-quality feedback, as well as the other kinds of feedback so you know the difference.
APLN 2021 - Adaptability Quotient keynote - Sara Caldwell and Angela DuganAngela Dugan
This document discusses increasing adaptability. It begins by introducing the concepts of intellectual quotient, emotional quotient, and adaptability quotient. It then provides tips for improving adaptability, such as communicating with one's environment, considering new ideas, and focusing on new situations while letting go of old ones. Steps are outlined for becoming more adaptative, like popping one's bubble, unlearning and relearning, cognitively flexing, and reflecting on and recognizing change. The document encourages reaching out to the sponsors for help experiencing change and provides references.
Agile midwest 2019 tap, tap, tap communicationAngela Dugan
The document discusses the importance of open communication, vulnerability, and feedback for effective teamwork. It notes that communicating openly and honestly, and speaking from a place of vulnerability are both very difficult but necessary to avoid struggles. It emphasizes practicing radical candor when giving feedback to others.
That conference tap, tap, tap communicationAngela Dugan
In the 20 or so years since I joined the tech community, I moved from an attitude of "please leave me alone in my cube to code and whatever you do don't talk to me!" to well, giving talks on the importance of communication in the software world. The tools and techniques I've come to know and love have changed over time, but a few things have remained constant.
1) Communicating openly and honestly at all times is HARD
2) Speaking from a place of vulnerability is RIDICULOUSLY HARD
3) Without 1 and 2 you're going to really struggle to be an effective and happy member of ANY software team
OK, there's a 4th thing.
4) The days of working alone in your cube like a hermit are largely over for software folks. It really doesn't have to suck. I swear it doesn’t.
During my brief time with you, I’m going to rumble with some touch topics and share some of my own embarrassing and enlightening stumbles. It will include things like delivering “bad news” to your client/manager/team and feeling good about it, managing conflict with others in healthy and productive ways, and delivering feedback without feeling like you (or the receiver) will vomit. These things are all very possible, and not that hard to master once you have some key tools and insights in your tool belt.
Agile days chicago 2018 - how do you measure up?Angela Dugan
How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense, that were counterproductive to the team’s effectiveness, or the organization’s effectiveness? Did those metrics seem impossible to collect? Often times, the metrics being collected are the ones that are easy, and focused on individual “productivity”. How do we collect data that drives continuous improvement and promotes an open and trust-filled environment. How does that change at scale?
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices have clearly taken the lead. This session will take a look at the measures we can and should collect across teams and organizations. We’ll dig into metrics that are relevant, interesting, AND useful, and discuss some of the common traps.
VS Live Chicago 2018 - how do you measure upAngela Dugan
How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense, that were counterproductive to the team's effectiveness, or that were seemingly impossible to collect? Often times, the metrics being collected are the ones that are easy, but not necessarily the ones that matter.
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices and methodologies have clearly taken the lead. In the spirit of Kaizen, this session will take a look at the measures you can and should collect from agile teams, why these metrics are relevant and interesting, and how you can use them to help your teams continuously improve.
Chicago Code Camp 2018 - Building strong teamsAngela Dugan
Building the “perfect team” seems like an impossible task these days. Can a truly “cross-functional” team even be built? How do you get introverts and extroverts (yes, they DO exist in IT) to play nice? Seems like these days you practically need a degree in psychology to get this right. But you don’t.
Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with my clients and my company to develop high functioning teams. I’ve found that regardless of focus (software development, marketing, sales), there are patterns to what makes teams successful, and what can hold them back from greatness.
In this talk, I’ll cover a couple of tools for understanding the needs and strengths of your individual team members, identifying strength gaps, and action items for creating a happy and well-balanced team that can get it done!
Dev up 2017 - Half Day Workshop: Getting your agile team unstuckAngela Dugan
Whether you've been working on an agile team for 6 months, or 6 years, the same obstacles tend to arise to trip us up over and over. Maybe your retrospectives feel more like a death march and no one is participating any more, or your daily stand-ups have bloated into 25 team member status meetings, or you have a QA team that feels buried by your fast-paced development team. These situations are unfortunately very common, and they lower team morale, lead to abandoned transformation initiatives, and ultimately your product and customers suffer because of it. But there's a better way! As an agile coach and consultant, I help software organizations stop the bleeding, mature their process, and develop into high functioning agile teams. And to be clear, I've made mistakes as well! I'd like to share with the audience my own experiences, including strategies that succeeded and failed in hopes of leading them down the path to getting their own teams "unstuck". I'll also give attendees an opportunity to share their own challenges, so that we can leverage those strategies to give them ideas for blasting through their own roadblocks.
Learning points:
Recognizing when your process, product, or people have gone off the rails by identifying "smells"
Review some tools and strategies that teams can leverage when they need a cognitive reset to get them back on track
How to apply tools and strategies in your own unique environments.
The document discusses metrics for software development teams. It notes that while measurement can improve performance, metrics may become targets and lose value. Common metrics like velocity and burndown can be gamed and are lagging indicators. Better metrics focus on work in progress, lead time, cycle time and flow. The author advocates measuring many things to understand impacts and causes of change.
That conference 2017 - Getting your Agile Team UnstuckAngela Dugan
Whether you've been working on an agile team for 6 months, or 6 years, the same obstacles tend to arise to trip us up over and over. Maybe your retrospectives feel more like a funeral and no one is participating anymore, your daily stand-ups have bloated into 25 team member status meetings, or your QA team is falling farther and farther behind the agile developers and feel like they’ll never catch up with their testing backlog. These are the kinds of issues I see all of the time. They lower team morale, lead to abandoned transformation initiatives, and ultimately your product and customers suffer because of it. But there’s a better way!
As an agile coach and consultant, I have worked with dozens of teams to stop the bleeding, strengthen their relationships, mature their processes, and help them grow into high functioning agile machines. And to be clear, I’ve made mistakes as well! I’d like to share with the audience my own experiences and lessons-learned, including both what succeeded and what failed in hopes to lead you down the path to getting your own team “unstuck”.
Visual Studio ALM and DevOps Tools WalkthroughAngela Dugan
If you're considering moving to Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Team Services, this deck will walk you through the highlights, of which there are a TON!
Scaling Connections in PostgreSQL Postgres Bangalore(PGBLR) Meetup-2 - MydbopsMydbops
This presentation, delivered at the Postgres Bangalore (PGBLR) Meetup-2 on June 29th, 2024, dives deep into connection pooling for PostgreSQL databases. Aakash M, a PostgreSQL Tech Lead at Mydbops, explores the challenges of managing numerous connections and explains how connection pooling optimizes performance and resource utilization.
Key Takeaways:
* Understand why connection pooling is essential for high-traffic applications
* Explore various connection poolers available for PostgreSQL, including pgbouncer
* Learn the configuration options and functionalities of pgbouncer
* Discover best practices for monitoring and troubleshooting connection pooling setups
* Gain insights into real-world use cases and considerations for production environments
This presentation is ideal for:
* Database administrators (DBAs)
* Developers working with PostgreSQL
* DevOps engineers
* Anyone interested in optimizing PostgreSQL performance
Contact [email protected] for PostgreSQL Managed, Consulting and Remote DBA Services
Details of description part II: Describing images in practice - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
This presentation explores the practical application of image description techniques. Familiar guidelines will be demonstrated in practice, and descriptions will be developed “live”! If you have learned a lot about the theory of image description techniques but want to feel more confident putting them into practice, this is the presentation for you. There will be useful, actionable information for everyone, whether you are working with authors, colleagues, alone, or leveraging AI as a collaborator.
Link to presentation recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/details-of-description-part-ii-describing-images-in-practice/
Presented by BookNet Canada on June 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Measuring the Impact of Network Latency at TwitterScyllaDB
Widya Salim and Victor Ma will outline the causal impact analysis, framework, and key learnings used to quantify the impact of reducing Twitter's network latency.
Kief Morris rethinks the infrastructure code delivery lifecycle, advocating for a shift towards composable infrastructure systems. We should shift to designing around deployable components rather than code modules, use more useful levels of abstraction, and drive design and deployment from applications rather than bottom-up, monolithic architecture and delivery.
Support en anglais diffusé lors de l'événement 100% IA organisé dans les locaux parisiens d'Iguane Solutions, le mardi 2 juillet 2024 :
- Présentation de notre plateforme IA plug and play : ses fonctionnalités avancées, telles que son interface utilisateur intuitive, son copilot puissant et des outils de monitoring performants.
- REX client : Cyril Janssens, CTO d’ easybourse, partage son expérience d’utilisation de notre plateforme IA plug & play.
Best Practices for Effectively Running dbt in Airflow.pdfTatiana Al-Chueyr
As a popular open-source library for analytics engineering, dbt is often used in combination with Airflow. Orchestrating and executing dbt models as DAGs ensures an additional layer of control over tasks, observability, and provides a reliable, scalable environment to run dbt models.
This webinar will cover a step-by-step guide to Cosmos, an open source package from Astronomer that helps you easily run your dbt Core projects as Airflow DAGs and Task Groups, all with just a few lines of code. We’ll walk through:
- Standard ways of running dbt (and when to utilize other methods)
- How Cosmos can be used to run and visualize your dbt projects in Airflow
- Common challenges and how to address them, including performance, dependency conflicts, and more
- How running dbt projects in Airflow helps with cost optimization
Webinar given on 9 July 2024
The Rise of Supernetwork Data Intensive ComputingLarry Smarr
Invited Remote Lecture to SC21
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
St. Louis, Missouri
November 18, 2021
Coordinate Systems in FME 101 - Webinar SlidesSafe Software
If you’ve ever had to analyze a map or GPS data, chances are you’ve encountered and even worked with coordinate systems. As historical data continually updates through GPS, understanding coordinate systems is increasingly crucial. However, not everyone knows why they exist or how to effectively use them for data-driven insights.
During this webinar, you’ll learn exactly what coordinate systems are and how you can use FME to maintain and transform your data’s coordinate systems in an easy-to-digest way, accurately representing the geographical space that it exists within. During this webinar, you will have the chance to:
- Enhance Your Understanding: Gain a clear overview of what coordinate systems are and their value
- Learn Practical Applications: Why we need datams and projections, plus units between coordinate systems
- Maximize with FME: Understand how FME handles coordinate systems, including a brief summary of the 3 main reprojectors
- Custom Coordinate Systems: Learn how to work with FME and coordinate systems beyond what is natively supported
- Look Ahead: Gain insights into where FME is headed with coordinate systems in the future
Don’t miss the opportunity to improve the value you receive from your coordinate system data, ultimately allowing you to streamline your data analysis and maximize your time. See you there!
BT & Neo4j: Knowledge Graphs for Critical Enterprise Systems.pptx.pdfNeo4j
Presented at Gartner Data & Analytics, London Maty 2024. BT Group has used the Neo4j Graph Database to enable impressive digital transformation programs over the last 6 years. By re-imagining their operational support systems to adopt self-serve and data lead principles they have substantially reduced the number of applications and complexity of their operations. The result has been a substantial reduction in risk and costs while improving time to value, innovation, and process automation. Join this session to hear their story, the lessons they learned along the way and how their future innovation plans include the exploration of uses of EKG + Generative AI.
Comparison Table of DiskWarrior Alternatives.pdfAndrey Yasko
To help you choose the best DiskWarrior alternative, we've compiled a comparison table summarizing the features, pros, cons, and pricing of six alternatives.
An invited talk given by Mark Billinghurst on Research Directions for Cross Reality Interfaces. This was given on July 2nd 2024 as part of the 2024 Summer School on Cross Reality in Hagenberg, Austria (July 1st - 7th)
3. Manual testing
User testing
Ad-hoc exploratory testing
Planned manual testing
Testing toolbox
Role tailored tools
User
Interface
Services
Business Processes
Business Rules and Logic
Service integrations
Data access
Identity
Data
Automated testing
Keyword testing
UI automation testing
Performance testing
Automated testing
Unit testing
Integration testing
Performance testing
Load testing
Continuous integrations
Build | Deploy | Test
Lab management
automation
Dev
SIT
UAT
Stress
Prod
6. Record and automate UI tests
UI regression test needs grow
over time
Manual UI testing impacts the
delivery cycle times
Automated UI tests are brittle,
time-consuming to maintain
Robustly instrument UI tests to
reduce maintenance overhead
Associate UI tests with a
scheduled build
Test more functionality in less
time
Reduce or eliminate
repetitive manual testing
Reduce cycle time when
delivering new features
8. Convert the test case to code
for enhanced flexibility
Generate your Coded UI test from
an existing recording, or record a
new test case on the fly
9. Cross-browser testing
support allows automated
testing on multiple browsers
CodedUI tests interact
directly with your app’s UI
Tests can be run and monitored
on the local machine, or further
automated on a virtual machine
12. Coded UI tests are part of source
control for maximum visibility
Coded UI tests run as part of your
unit testing suite, enabling
developers to detect defects early
Even if the look & feel changes, the
automated test still executes properly
13. Push Squish tests into TFS
Import and run Squish GUI
tests directly in Visual
Studio and view results
Preferred partner
solution : FrogLogic
Associate Squish tests
with MTM Test Cases
16. Incident management tools and
workflows to integrate operations and
development teams in reducing MTTR
Reduction of MTTR
• SCOM and TFS integrated
workflows to manage incidents from
occurrence to resolution
• One click “Assign to Engineering”
from SCOM
• Collection of actionable diagnostics
in production for development
troubleshooting (IntelliTrace)
17. Testing the User Interface with Automated UI Tests:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/dd286726%28v=vs.100%29.aspx
CodedUI Testing Walkthroughs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/dd286726.aspx
CodedUI Best Practices: http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/dd380782.aspx
System Testing with Visual Studio: http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/jj620889.aspx
19. Mark each step as pass/fail when recording manual tests
Carefully consider which test cases make sense for automation, and
when
Use the Automation Status field of test cases to identify candidates
for automation
20. Use the Coded UI Test Builder whenever possible
Do not modify UIMap.designer.cs as it may be overwritten
Create your test as a sequence of methods
Create a new test method for each new page, form, or dialog
When you create a method, use a meaningful name
Try to limit each method to fewer than 10 actions
Create each assertion using the Coded UI Test Builder
If the UI changes, re-record the test or assertion methods
21. Test -> Windows -> Test View ->
Properties
Select CSV, XML, or SQL
this.UIMap.SimpleTestParams.UIMyTextbox
EditText =
TestContext.DataRow[“col_name"].ToStrin
g();
Databinding to test parameters happens
automatically when converting from
manual test cases
22. Searching
used to look for all possible controls
Filtering
used to narrow that list exactly one match
X, Y
only used to guide where the clicks happen
within a control
Mouse.Click(uIGOButton,
new Point(19, 18));
