Test Automation Fundamentals in Houston, TX

Full Course Description

As organizations increasingly move to more agile ways of developing software, the need for effective and maintainable test automation becomes an absolute necessity. Many UI test automation initiatives fail to deliver value for a variety of reasons. In this course we will explore key fundamental principles and practices that allow teams to build and maintain UI test automation in a way that provides lasting value. While the course will focus on UI test automation, many of the principles also apply to other types of automation such as API and integration testing.

Audience:

• SDETs, Test Automation Engineers
• Quality professionals wanting to learn test automation fundamentals
• Developers with an interest in learning about UI test automation

Participants will learn to:

• Understand cultural principles for success in test automation
• Integrate test automation with agile methodologies and processes
• Understand the different types and approaches to test automation
• Identify the skills needed for UI test automation
• Describe common failure patterns for UI test automation projects
• Define key principles for sustainable test automation frameworks
• Define a strategy for test data management
• Understand how to integrate test automation with CI/CD pipelines
• Discern what things to automate and when
• Evaluate and choose appropriate automation tools for their context