Ensuring released software is high quality whilst meeting deadlines is a major challenge for all software development teams. Particularly as the number and size of systems grows, test automation becomes a necessity. However, with the sheer number of different coding languages, frameworks, and tools, it can be difficult to know where to start. In this course, Test Automation Fundamentals, you’ll learn to implement test automation principles that can be applied whatever your organization’s technology stack. First, you’ll explore the different types of tests that can be automated and identify valuable test cases. Next, you’ll discover some guiding principles for creating effective automated tests. Finally, you’ll learn how to plan and execute a test automation strategy. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of test automation needed to efficiently test your software and produce high quality releases.
Author Name: Gabriel McNeilly
Author Description:
Gabriel is a QA Automation Lead who is passionate about creating quality digital solutions. His experience spans the software industry; he has worked in both agency and product house environments in a variety of roles including cloud engineer, software developer and QA engineer. He has always had a passion for teaching and is also a great believer in continual improvement and so loves to learn new things to stay up to date with the latest tools and ideas and then share this in understandable an… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  2mins
• Understanding Test Automation
  52mins
• Identifying Valuable Test Cases
  39mins
• Assessing Frameworks and Tools
  30mins
• Creating an Automated Test Suite
  35mins
• Think FIRST Before Writing Automated Tests
  25mins
• Handling Test Data
  30mins
• Test Automation Execution & Maintenance
  45mins
• Planning & Executing a Test Automation Strategy
  50mins