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Test Automation Engineering Handbook

Test Automation Engineering Handbook

By : Manikandan Sambamurthy
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Test Automation Engineering Handbook

Test Automation Engineering Handbook

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By: Manikandan Sambamurthy
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Overview of this book

This book helps you build a better understanding of test automation and aids in bridging the gap between testing and test automation. The book has been divided into three sections with the first section focusing on preparing you for testing and test automation fundamentals. By the end of this section, you’ll have an understanding of some common automation terms, definitions, and roles. The second section covers the practical implementation of test automation for mobile, web, API and performance. The third section will help you understand how test automation works with CI/CD, and explore the common issues and pitfalls when executing test automation. By the end of this book, you’ll have a better understanding of automation, addressing the common pain points and best practices around test automation.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Conventions used
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Part 1: The Basics
Part 1: The Basics
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Test Automation
Chapter 1: Introduction to Test Automation
Getting familiar with software testing
Understanding test automation
Exploring the roles in quality engineering
Familiarizing yourself with common terminologies and definitions
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 2: Test Automation Strategy
Chapter 2: Test Automation Strategy
Technical requirements
Knowing your test automation strategy
Devising a good test automation strategy
Understanding the test pyramid
Familiarizing ourselves with common design patterns
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 3: Common Tools and Frameworks
Chapter 3: Common Tools and Frameworks
Technical requirements
The basic tools for every automation engineer
Common test automation frameworks
Choosing the right tool/framework
Summary
Questions
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Part 2: Practical Affairs
Part 2: Practical Affairs
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Chapter 4: Getting Started with the Basics
Chapter 4: Getting Started with the Basics
Technical requirements
Getting more familiar with Git
Using an IDE
Introduction to JavaScript
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 5: Test Automation for Web
Chapter 5: Test Automation for Web
Technical requirements
Why Cypress?
Installing and setting up Cypress
Creating your first test in Cypress
Employing selectors and assertions
Intercepting API calls
Additional configurations
Considerations for web automation
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 6: Test Automation for Mobile
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Chapter 6: Test Automation for Mobile
Technical requirements
Getting to know Appium
Knowing WebdriverIO and its advantages
Setting up Appium and WebdriverIO
Writing our first mobile test
Key considerations for mobile automation
Optimizing our mobile automation framework
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 7: Test Automation for APIs
Chapter 7: Test Automation for APIs
Technical requirements
Getting started with Postman
Sending GET and POST requests
Writing automated API tests
Key considerations for API automation
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 8: Test Automation for Performance
Chapter 8: Test Automation for Performance
Technical requirements
Getting started with JMeter
Automating a performance test
Java essentials for JMeter
Considerations for performance testing
Summary
Questions
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Part 3: Continuous Learning
Part 3: Continuous Learning
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Chapter 9: CI/CD and Test Automation
Chapter 9: CI/CD and Test Automation
Technical requirements
What is CI/CD?
Test automation strategies for CI/CD
GitHub Actions CI/CD
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 10: Common Issues and Pitfalls
Chapter 10: Common Issues and Pitfalls
Recurrent issues in test automation
Test automation anti-patterns
Summary
Questions
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Assessments
Assessments
Chapter 1, Introduction to Test Automation
Chapter 2, Test Automation Strategy
Chapter 3, Common Tools and Frameworks
Chapter 4, Getting Started with the Basics
Chapter 5, Test Automation for Web
Chapter 6, Test Automation for Mobile
Chapter 7, Test Automation for APIs
Chapter 8, Test Automation for Performance
Chapter 9, CI/CD and Test Automation
Chapter 10, Common Issues and Pitfalls
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Index
Index
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Appendix A:Mocking API Calls
Appendix A:Mocking API Calls
How API mocking works
Mocking API calls using Postman
Considerations for API mocking
Summary

Getting to know Appium

Appium is one of the most popular test automation frameworks on the market. It has several salient features that help automate iOS and Android applications. Let us start with knowing its fundamentals.

What is Appium?

Appium is an open source tool for automating native, hybrid, and mobile web applications. Appium primarily operates on iOS/Android mobile applications and can support Windows desktop applications as well. Appium uses vendor-provided frameworks under the hood—namely, XCUITest and UIAutomator for iOS and Android platforms, respectively.

Appium wraps these vendor-provided frameworks into the WebDriver API. As we have seen in Chapter 2, Appium uses a client-server architecture and extends the existing WebDriver protocol by adding additional API methods to support mobile automation. For engineers who have previously worked with WebDriver for web automation, this should be quite familiar and should not be brand new. It supports multiple...

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