The "A" Word
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The "A" Word

Under the Covers of Test Automation

About the Book

If you've read my blog for the last few years, you've probably read everything here already (although without some much needed editing). This is a collection of blog posts from my blog - rearranged, edited and polished (a bit) and put into an ebook.

The book is free if you want - or you can pay (all proceeds go to the American cancer society). I just wanted to gather my thoughts on test automation in one place and share somewhere - and leanpub has been a fantastic tool in this trip.

I'll update the book as needed (including edits, as well as expansion on ideas if/when requested).

About the Author

Alan Page
Alan Page

Alan Page has been a software tester for nearly 20 years. He was the lead author on the book How We Test Software at Microsoft, contributed chapters for Beautiful Testing and Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation . He also writes about a variety of software engineering subjects on his blog at http://angryweasel.com/blog.

Alan joined Microsoft as a member of the Windows 95 team, and since then has worked on a variety of Windows releases, early versions of Internet Explorer, and Office Lync. Notably, Alan served for over two years as Microsoft’s Director of Test Excellence.

Currently a Principal Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) on the Xbox team, Alan spends his time designing and implementing test infrastructure and tests; and coaching and mentoring testers and test managers across the Xbox organization. Alan also leads company-wide quality and testing focused communities made up of senior engineering employees.

Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • Testing: Failing to Succeed
    • The Robots are Taking Over
    • To Automate …?
    • The Coding Tester
    • GUI Shmooey
    • Design for GUI Automation
    • It’s (probably) a Design Problem
    • In the Middle
    • Test Design for Automation
    • Orchestrating Test Automation
    • LOL — UR AUTOMASHUN SUCKZ!
    • Exploring Test Automation
    • Musings on Test Design
    • Beyond Regression Tests
    • Testing with Code
    • More on Test Design
    • Coding, Testing, and the A word
    • Last word on the A word
    • Resources

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