Quickly access 50 tips for software test engineers using automated methods. The tips point to
practices that save time and increase the accuracy and reliability of automated test
techniques. Techniques that play well during demos of testing tools often are not the optimal
techniques to apply on a running project. This book highlights those differences helping you
apply techniques that are repeatable and callable in professionally run software development
projects. Emphasis is placed on creating tests that while automated are easily adapted as the
software under construction evolves toward its final form. Techniques in the book are arranged
into five categories: scripting testing the environment running and logging of tests and
reviewing of the results. Every automation engineer sooner or later will face similar issues to
the ones covered in these categories and you will benefit from the simple and clear answers
provided in this book. While the focus of the book is on the use of automated tools the tips
are not specific to any one vendor solution. The tips cover general issues that are faced no
matter the specific tool and are broadly applicable often even to manual testing efforts.
What You'll Learn Employ best-practices in automated test design Write test scripts that will
easily be understood by others Choose the proper environment for running automated tests Avoid
techniques that demo well but do not scale in practice Manage tests effectively including
testing of test scripts themselves Know when to go beyond automation to employ manual methods
instead Who This Book Is For Software test engineers working with automated testing tools and
for developers working alongside testing teams to create software products. The book will aid
test engineers team leads project managers software testers and developers in producing
quality software more easily and in less time.
