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VodQA - Coimbatore Edition 1
December 3

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1. History of Test Automation - Nanthakumar Arumugam
2. Agenda • Test Automation – how it all started • Initial Automation & Techniques • Automation Tools Market • Why COTS flourished? • Rise of Open Source Tools • Other Automation Challenges • Current & Going Forward…
3. Test Automation – how it all started • Testing time > Development time • Repetitive task – error prone • Too improve accuracy • To Increase test coverage • Automation can do what manual cannot.
4. Initial Automation & Techniques • Record & Playback • Static datasets • Low tool maturity • Manual intervention • No standardized logging • No parallel /distributed
5. Automation Tools Market • AutoTester – first commercial test tool for the PC in 1985 • Segue Software launched SilkTest in 1988 • Mercury Interactive launched LoadRunner in 1989 • Mercury Interactive launched WinRunner in 1995 • jMeter published in 1998 • Mercury Interactive launched QuickTest in 1999 • AutomatedQA launched TestComplete in 2000 • Selenium developed at Thoughtworksin 2004 • Rational, Ranorex, Compuware, OpenSTA, White, AutoIT
6. Why COTS flourished? • Record & Playback • Object Identification & Repository • 3rd party tools support • Out of box support with test management tool • Built-in Schedulers • Supports both thick client and thin client • Exception handling and recovery scenario • Test Execution Report
7. Rise of Open Source Tools • Language support • Flexibility • Customizable • Integration with Build tools • Cost • Low Risk • Access to everyone • Vibrant community support
8. Other Automation Challenges • Performance tools • LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling • Service Testing • SoapUI, Postman, Rest-assured • Hermetic UI Testing • Espresso • Mobile Testing • SeeTest, Robotium, Appium and Calabash
9. Current & Going Forward… • Data/Analytics/Visualization testing • More emphasize on distributed/cloud testing • Multiple devices based sync testing • Model based testing • Property based testing • More Infrastructure automation
10. Thank You