by admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Automation Testing, Fixed, Blog |
Planning and strategy are the cornerstones of the SDLC and the main aim of testing should be to ensure that business requirements are met and the customer receives a product with zero defects. As a high-quality software testing company we consistently strive to meet this aim, gaining for us a wide base of happy and long-term customers. An effective test automation strategy requires some serious planning and in-depth expertise.
Even the most efficiently run business needs an efficient automation testing company partner to ensure that testing exercises run smoothly and the end product is defect-free – we are the go-to partner. We are experts in the realm of Automation Testing Services with experience in building cost-effective automation testing strategies for our clients, with result-orientation. We know that the absence of an effective test automation strategy, or even a poorly constructed one, would be the cause of testing failure. This in turn would lead to poor user experience, causing major losses both in terms of money and reputation of a company.
How Critical to Success is a Test Automation Strategy?
With the growth in market challenges and customer demands, software testing has undergone some significant transformations. Businesses want applications and software that can withstand pressures, including customer expectations, the risk of bugs, and security threats. Agile and DevOps approach ensures that testing is done regularly and thoroughly – forming a critical part of the overall test automation strategy. As experts in the realm of Test Automation Services and more, we understand the use of this approach to make the testing process faster, repeatable, and leading to a high-quality application.
Most appropriate test automation tool selectionThis is the main component that can guarantee the success of a test automation strategy. There are several tools in the market, and the ones we select are based on the testing and feature requirements. We consider parameters such as maintenance, the cost of the tool, training, and support required, the performance and stability of the tool, and more. Our clients gain peace of mind in addition to seamless testing and top-quality product.
Establishing Test Automation EnvironmentAfter identifying the needs of the test environment and acquiring tools and licenses, the test environment must be set up – replicating the production environment. This essentially implies that the configuration on each server of both hardware and software will be the same.
Automation Scripts must be ReusableThe code or script and framework should be reusable across teams at an organizational level. This reduces the time and effort required to develop scripts in the future.
Meticulous Execution and Management of Test CasesThe strategy must include a well-defined process to execute and manage the test cases, as per the defined criteria for success.
Result-OrientationThe results of each run of test automation must be measurable and have a result orientation. The test metrics of varying KPIs and dashboards would ensure the quantification and qualification of the software and highlight the standards of quality of the software before launching to the market.
Capture Learning in DocumentationIn the course of software development there would be several things that should be captured as learning for the future. It is important to put together robust documentation to ensure that future test automation strategies would be better and improved – especially not repeating mistakes from the past.
In Conclusion
As testing experts we can help businesses by recommending tools and techniques that would guarantee top results. As a testing partner, we prevent high maintenance, cost, and time by consistently revisiting and updating the automation test suites based on the previous latest version – over time. Since we are the experts, it is easy for us to run this as a continuous activity, allowing us to remove obsolete test cases, and regularly upgrade the automation suite with new functionalities. We understand the importance and practicability of setting short-term goals that are revisited periodically to ensure an iterative incremental model, which would lead to a robust and effective test automation strategy. Connect with us to know more about our expertise.
by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Automation Testing, Fixed, Blog, Top Picks |
The decision of setting up Automation CoE has to come from QA head of a software testing company and he/she should have a compelling need to setup this Organization.
Discussion with different Business Units to understand the landscape of Applications, life span of Application in-scope, different technologies involved, current QA tool stacks, how much of automation is achieved till date and how much it is benefiting to them in the current state and future benefits prediction has to be analyzed.
If we have this details in place, it would help us to quantify the amount and nature of work involved and help in analyzing the ACoE (Automation Center of Excellence) team size.
The above requirement would be for Product based companies. If it is a service-based company, below are the requirement to setup ACoE team.
1. Collate the history of at-least 1 year on overall Automation requirements from Customer
2. Nature of Customer and their maturity level in Automation
3. Level of interest in Automation and Automation investment criteria
4. Nature of projects like Staff Aug,
5. Type of requirements they have
Could be identifying opportunity within Customer Organization
Tool and Framework assessment
Training activities
This will give us an insight on how to start an ACoE team from the service companies perspective.
Conclusion:
Since we are in the world of digitalization, there is always a great demand for Automation in the future beyond traditional Automation. We should prepare ourselves for such changes that the industry is undergoing and flow with the tide. The expectation from such Center of Excellence is also growing and we should prepare ourselves for these changes.
by admin | Oct 26, 2019 | Automation Testing, Fixed, Blog |
As a business you would constantly be mulling over reducing testing and automation costs, albeit without conceding or making concessions on the quality of your product. Those who may have erred would understand the disastrous consequences for their business with regard to poor quality products resulting from shoddy software testing. As a leading Test Automation Company we know the major overhaul required post-release for applications and software in order to save company reputation and prevent loss of user loyalty. Companies spend big monies on allocating a large number of resources for software projects, and yet there are no guarantees that the ROI would justify these humongous expenses. On the other end of the spectrum, some companies allocate too few resources, which too prove detrimental to the ‘health’ of envisaged the software/application.
It is, therefore, necessary to find a perfect balance of time, costs, and effort, and it makes sense to partner with a company experienced in delivering top-class automation testing services within budgets and timelines. We enlist some ways to bring down the costs of testing and automation without any compromise on the quality and output of the software.
Testing as Early as Possible
As an experienced Automation Testing Company we always recommend testing products early on in the SDLC to avoid problems and errors close to release or post-release. It is important for the QA and development teams to work cohesively and in collaboration in order to reduce the possibilities of production errors. It stands to reason that the earlier errors are identified the cost of rectifying them would be a lot lower than the costs for the ones discovered post-release – in fact in our experience, fixing defects and bugs at a later stage costs at least 30 times more than doing so at the prototype stage.
Testing Strategy must Balance Costs and Benefits
Most companies make the costly mistake of assessing efficiency by way of test coverage versus cost. This is incorrect since test coverage, is not an efficient metric – low test coverage is mostly a cause of problems, while high test coverage may not actually mean anything. Right test coverage is important and it is possible to know what this through simple methods. The production stage should rarely have bugs and changing code would not be a feared activity – these are two criteria that make the right test coverage. It is important that only the optimal time and resources are spent on test coverage, and hence both teams (development and QA) must work together to ensure the best test coverage, with minimal errors and costs.
Outline Goals and Expectations
An experienced testing partner will ask relevant and suitable questions in order to understand the product quality required by a business. The answers to these questions would serve as the foundation and stepping stones to ensure optimal and top-class product quality. The goals and expectations should get answered through the right questions, based on which the testing team would be able to put together some key performance indicators. These should include the types of testing, milestones and due dates of testing, possible risks, and challenges. An experienced testing team will ensure balanced and wise automated testing such that time, money, and effort are used minimally.
Quality is Better than Quantity
Partnering with an experienced, expert, and skilled company would get you all the services required within a budget and timelines, and higher quality than you may believe possible. It does not make sense to hire expensive human resources to handle projects that may or may not be qualified to understand the needs and requirements of the business. We have helped several clients with their projects, achieving a high level of success through ensuring top-quality products consistently. Outsourcing to us as the QA experts will get you all the benefits your project deserves.
In Conclusion
As experts, we endorse the view that testing and automation are the cornerstones for high quality applications and software. Yes, everything requires an investment of time, money, and effort, and it is imperative for a company to weigh the costs against the benefits of test automation. Enlisting the services of professionals will ensure that your business will get the best strategy and coverage for the project in question and for future projects as well. As a skilled company we offer – the use of the best tools, ways to hasten the process, remain mindful of possible challenges and bottlenecks, make the process easier and more accessible, keep to timelines, and most importantly keep costs to the minimum – all of this with top-class customer service. We at Codoid provide the Best Automation Testing Services to stride ahead of your competition and to ensure that your products continue to be loved and used by your target audience.
by admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Automation Testing, Fixed, Blog |
It is an easy job for a manual tester to assert whether a test step has passed/failed from the outcome. However, in automation testing, we need to script the assertion point wherever it is required. If you have written scripts without assertions, then your automation test scripts don’t add any value to your testing. The reason is after test automation execution, we need a confirmation that which all steps are passed and which all failed. So that, you can share feedback with your team confidently. In this blog article, we have listed the most widely used Java Assertions Libraries.
Truth
Truth makes your test assertions and failure messages more readable. Similar to AssertJ, it natively supports many JDK and Guava types, and it is extensible to others. Truth is owned and maintained by the Guava team. It is used in the majority of the tests in Google’s own codebase. Truth assertions are made with chained method calls, so IDEs can suggest the assertions appropriate for a given object.
AssertJ
AssertJ is a java library providing a rich set of assertions, truly helpful error messages, improves test code readability, and is designed to be super easy to use within your favorite IDE. AssertJ’s assertions are super easy to use: just type assertThat followed by the actual value in parentheses and a dot, then any Java IDE will show you all assertions available for the type of the object. No more confusion about the order of “expected” and “actual” value.
Valid4j
A simple assertion and validation library for Java that makes it possible to use your favorite hamcrest-matches to express pre-and post-conditions in your code. Use the global default policy to signal logical violations in your code or optionally specify your own handling.
datasource-assert
datasource-assert provides assertion API for DataSource to validate query executions. The assertion API is used for assertion methods such as assertEquals in JUnit and TestNG. Also, it comes with support for assertThat in AssertJ and Hamcrest.
Hamcrest
Hamcrest is a framework for writing matcher objects allowing ‘match’ rules to be defined declaratively. There are a number of situations where matchers are invaluable, such as UI validation, or data filtering, but it is in the area of writing flexible tests that matchers are most commonly used. This tutorial shows you how to use Hamcrest for unit testing.
by admin | Sep 8, 2019 | Automation Testing, Fixed, Blog |
Any test automation team would know how to run automated testing. However, it is only an expert and proficient automation testing team that would be able to keep the testing simple, while avoiding anti-patterns. Being able to write maintainable and easy to understand tests is no mean task, but if you partner with the right company, your business would receive the best in class automation testing. As a business you must know what a top line partner would do to keep the tests simple and avoid the anti-patterns.
- 1. All tests must pass – meaning they must be written clearly and fulfill the need for which they were created
- 2. The tests must clearly state what they expect to verify
- 3. There must be no duplication of code – since this would lead to problems especially when any changes are to be affected
- 4. Expert testers will reduce the cognitive strain on users by keeping tests simple
Ensuring uncomplicated automated testing means that despite advanced automation technology, there must be a robust test design. The absence of a structured test design would lead to a variety of problems, which when compounded to lead to tests that would incomplete, ineffective, and hard to maintain. For optimal testing and a high quality product, there are certain anti-patterns/habits that must be avoided. Simplified testing must be coupled with strict avoidance of anti-patterns, which are listed below:
Stretched SequenceLong sequences with small steps are usually how tests are designed. This contributes to making them difficult to maintain and manage. It is advisable to first put together a high-level test design, and can include elements such as scope and definition of the test products, with the objectives of the tests – depending on the approach/method.
