Flexible Test Automation


Book Description

In laboratory management of an industrial test division, a test laboratory, or a research center, one of the main activities is producing suitable software for automatic benches by satisfying a given set of requirements. This activity is particularly costly and burdensome when test requirements are variable over time. If the batches of objects have small size and frequent occurrence, the activity of measurement automation becomes predominating with respect to the test execution. Flexible Test Automation shows the development of a software framework as a useful solution to satisfy this exigency. The framework supports the user in producing measurement applications for a wide range of requirements with low effort and development time.




Experiences of Test Automation


Book Description

In this work, over 40 pioneering implementers share their experiences and best practices in 28 case studies. Drawing on their insights, you can avoid the pitfalls associated with test automation, and achieve powerful results on every metric you care about: quality, cost, time to market, usability, and value.




Site Reliability Engineering


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The overwhelming majority of a software system’s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large-scale computing systems? In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world. You’ll learn the principles and practices that enable Google engineers to make systems more scalable, reliable, and efficient—lessons directly applicable to your organization. This book is divided into four sections: Introduction—Learn what site reliability engineering is and why it differs from conventional IT industry practices Principles—Examine the patterns, behaviors, and areas of concern that influence the work of a site reliability engineer (SRE) Practices—Understand the theory and practice of an SRE’s day-to-day work: building and operating large distributed computing systems Management—Explore Google's best practices for training, communication, and meetings that your organization can use




Automated Software Testing


Book Description

With the urgent demand for rapid turnaround on new software releases--without compromising quality--the testing element of software development must keep pace, requiring a major shift from slow, labor-intensive testing methods to a faster and more thorough automated testing approach. Automated Software Testing is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the most effective tools, techniques, and methods for automated testing. Using numerous case studies of successful industry implementations, this book presents everything you need to know to successfully incorporate automated testing into the development process. In particular, this book focuses on the Automated Test Life Cycle Methodology (ATLM), a structured process for designing and executing testing that parallels the Rapid Application Development methodology commonly used today. Automated Software Testing is designed to lead you through each step of this structured program, from the initial decision to implement automated software testing through test planning, execution, and reporting. Included are test automation and test management guidance for: Acquiring management support Test tool evaluation and selection The automated testing introduction process Test effort and test team sizing Test team composition, recruiting, and management Test planning and preparation Test procedure development guidelines Automation reuse analysis and reuse library Best practices for test automation




Practical Continuous Testing


Book Description

The trend of software development is moving towards frequent releases backed up by automated functional testing. Continuous Testing (CT), a key process of DevOps, executes automated end-to-end (UI) as regression testing, frequently on new builds. If all tests pass, the software is ready for a production release. there are test failures, the team must act quickly on the feedback. This book presents a practical approach to implementing real Continuous Testing. Topics include: Why do traditional CI servers, e.g. Jenkins, always fail to manage UI test executions? Set up a BuildWise (free, open-source) CT server to run Selenium tests in minutes Sequential Build, run selected tests on the CT server machine Custom test executions with Rake ParallelBuild, distribute tests to build agents to run them in parallel CT best practices, such as Dynamic Ordering, Auto-Retry, Manual-Retry, ..., etc. Advice on setting up a parallel testing lab




Ultimate Selenium WebDriver for Test Automation


Book Description

Elevate your test automation skills by mastering Selenium with Java, delving into advanced techniques for a comprehensive understanding. Key Features ● Step-by-step approach from fundamentals on Selenium testing to advanced concepts like Selenium Grid and framework development. ● Enriched with practical case studies from e-commerce, healthcare, EdTech, banking, and SAAS, to highlight Selenium's real-world web testing. ● Hands-on exercises and detailed code examples to ensure an engaging and accessible learning experience. Book Description This comprehensive and practical handbook, centered on Selenium unlocks its potential using Java. The book covers Selenium basics, including IDE and WebDriver, while delving into advanced topics like Selenium Grid and non-functional test automation. It will help you take your automation to the next level by gaining insights into creating Hybrid test automation frameworks with practical applications of TestNG. Real-world insights from industry leaders enrich the learning experience, transcending tool proficiency to strategic test automation and framework design. With practical examples and case studies from diverse sectors, including banking, healthcare, e-commerce, and SAAS, the book showcases Selenium's real-world applications. By the end of the book you will extend Selenium's capabilities for Performance, Security, and Excel-based automation. The book will help you stay ahead in the ever-evolving field with insights into the latest updates, including Selenium Manager, BiDi protocol, network interception, relative locators, and Selenium's roadmap. What you will learn ● Master the fundamentals of Selenium, including Locator strategies, Synchronization, and WebDriver, for effective web application testing. ● Explore handling Shadow DOM, JavaScript Executor, Page Objects, Screenplay pattern, and BDD with Cucumber for sophisticated testing techniques. ● Develop Hybrid test automation frameworks using Selenium, gaining practical insights with TestNG integration. ● Learn to scale tests across diverse environments using Selenium Grid, boosting overall testing efficiency. ● Enhance Selenium for Performance, Security, and Excel-based test automation. ● Grasp the latest Selenium updates, including Selenium Manager, BiDi protocol, network interception, relative locators, and Selenium’s roadmap for staying ahead in the field. ● Explore innovative methods to integrate AI and machine learning seamlessly into your Selenium test automation process. Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Selenium Test Automation 2. Fundamentals of Test Automation 3. Selenium WebDriver Basics 4. Advanced Selenium Techniques 5. Test Automation Framework 6. Distributed Test Automation 7. SAAS and Non-functional Test Automation 8. BDD with Selenium 9. New Features in Selenium 4 10. Conclusion 11. Way Forward Index




Test Automation Fundamentals


Book Description

Concepts, methods, and techniques—supported with practical, real-world examples The first book to cover the ISTQB® Certified Test Automation Engineer syllabus With real-world project examples – Suitable as a textbook, as a reference book for ISTQB® training courses, and for self-study This book provides a complete overview of how to design test automation processes and integrate them into your organization or existing projects. It describes functional and technical strategies and goes into detail on the relevant concepts and best practices. The book's main focus is on functional system testing. Important new aspects of test automation, such as automated testing for mobile applications and service virtualization, are also addressed as prerequisites for creating complex but stable test processes. The text also covers the increase in quality and potential savings that test automation delivers. The book is fully compliant with the ISTQB® syllabus and, with its many explanatory examples, is equally suitable for preparation for certification, as a concise reference book for anyone who wants to acquire this essential skill, or for university-level study.




Security and Quality in Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering


Book Description

This book examines the requirements, risks, and solutions to improve the security and quality of complex cyber-physical systems (C-CPS), such as production systems, power plants, and airplanes, in order to ascertain whether it is possible to protect engineering organizations against cyber threats and to ensure engineering project quality. The book consists of three parts that logically build upon each other. Part I "Product Engineering of Complex Cyber-Physical Systems" discusses the structure and behavior of engineering organizations producing complex cyber-physical systems, providing insights into processes and engineering activities, and highlighting the requirements and border conditions for secure and high-quality engineering. Part II "Engineering Quality Improvement" addresses quality improvements with a focus on engineering data generation, exchange, aggregation, and use within an engineering organization, and the need for proper data modeling and engineering-result validation. Lastly, Part III "Engineering Security Improvement" considers security aspects concerning C-CPS engineering, including engineering organizations’ security assessments and engineering data management, security concepts and technologies that may be leveraged to mitigate the manipulation of engineering data, as well as design and run-time aspects of secure complex cyber-physical systems. The book is intended for several target groups: it enables computer scientists to identify research issues related to the development of new methods, architectures, and technologies for improving quality and security in multi-disciplinary engineering, pushing forward the current state of the art. It also allows researchers involved in the engineering of C-CPS to gain a better understanding of the challenges and requirements of multi-disciplinary engineering that will guide them in their future research and development activities. Lastly, it offers practicing engineers and managers with engineering backgrounds insights into the benefits and limitations of applicable methods, architectures, and technologies for selected use cases.




"Dear Evil Tester"


Book Description

Are you in charge of your own testing? Do you have the advice you need to advance your test approach? "Dear Evil Tester" contains advice about testing that you won't hear anywhere else. "Dear Evil Tester" is a three pronged publication designed to: -provoke not placate, -make you react rather than relax, -help you laugh not languish. Starting gently with the laugh out loud Agony Uncle answers originally published in 'The Testing Planet'. "Dear Evil Tester" then provides new answers, to never before published questions, that will hit your beliefs where they change. Before presenting you with essays that will help you unleash your own inner Evil Tester. With advice on automating, communication, talking at conferences, psychotherapy for testers, exploratory testing, tools, technical testing, and more. Dear Evil Tester randomly samples the Software Testing stomping ground before walking all over it. "Dear Evil Tester" is a revolutionary testing book for the mind which shows you an alternative approach to testing built on responsibility, control and laughter. Read what our early reviewers had to say: "Wonderful stuff there. Real deep." Rob Sabourin, @RobertASabourin Author of "I Am a Bug" "The more you know about software testing, the more you will find to amuse you." Dot Graham, @dorothygraham Author of "Experiences of Test Automation" "laugh-out-loud episodes" Paul Gerrard, @paul_gerrard Author of "The Tester's Pocketbook" "A great read for every Tester." Andy Glover, @cartoontester Author of "Cartoon Tester"




Professional BlazeDS


Book Description

A hands-on guide to creating Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using BlazeDS BlazeDS enables you to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR applications in order to garner more responsive Rich Internet Application (RIA) experiences. It is a scalable option for Flex and Java integration and allows you to create excellent RIAs with both Flex and Java. This informative resource provides you with detailed examples and walkthroughs that explain the best practices for creating RIAs using BlazeDS. You'll begin with the essentials of BlazeDS and then more on to more advanced topics. Along the way, you'll learn the real-world concerns that surround enterprise-based Java and Flex applications. BlazeDS enables you to connect to back-end distributed data in order to garner more responsive Rich Internet Application (RIA) experiences Begins with an introduction to BlazeDS, and explains the necessary features for integrating new and existing Java data sources and applications with Flex-based RIAs Provides hands-on examples and addresses real-world concerns surrounding enterprise-based Java and Flex applications Serves as a comprehensive walk through for creating RIAs using BlazeDS If you're looking to create rich, productive, and engaging applications, then this book is for you. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.