Simplify Selenium Selectors
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. – John Wooden Writing strong automated tests comes down to preparation. (I never thought I would be drawing connections between sports and automated …
Selenium Java: An Intelligent Example Part 3
In our previous post, Selenium Java: An Intelligent Example Part 2, we dug into the code. We demonstrated how everything is tied together. We outlined the BasePage, WebDriverResource, and …
Selenium Java: An Intelligent Example Part 2
In our previous post, Selenium Java: An Intelligent Example Part 1, we described how to manage Technical Debt and the importance of using a Page Model. We also gave an overview of the classes used in …
Selenium Java: An Intelligent Example Part 1
In our introductory post, A Survey of the Automated Testing Landscape, we defined the problems we often find in automated testing. In this series, we will walk through an intelligent example of a …
A Survey of the Automated Testing Landscape
The tools available in test automation these days are pretty amazing. The options are getting a little overwhelming. You could choose to pay for an expensive product that would make a lot of decisions …
E-gAT: E-gineering Automated Test, part 3
Previously, on Avatar… In prior introductory posts (part 1, part 2), we covered why E-gAT is a toolkit and not a framework, dropped some philosophy around leveraging the power of an organization’s …
E-gAT: E-gineering Automated Test, part 2
Page Object Pattern: Smart, and… From our considerable experience in software, we’ve learned the great value of leveraging industry best practices and patterns – because the industry at large has even …
Introducing E-gAT: E-gineering Automated Test, part 1
Making the Most of Opportunities Early in 2015 we had some time available for a short internal project. One E-gineer had just rolled off an engagement where the client was building automated test …