Test Automation Fundamentals Workshop 2 Days (14 Hours)

Course Outline

Agenda Day 1:

Introduction to test automation

• What is an automated test
• Types of automated tests
• Manual vs Automated
• Which tests (not) to automate
• Why start with API testing

Introduction to APIs

• What is an API ?
• REST & SOAP (XML, JSON)
• HTTP Methods and Statuses
• Swagger

Introduction to Postman

• First steps
• GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
• Write a test
• Check HTTP codes
• Check content
• Run the tests
• Manage test data

Reporting

Agenda Day 2:

Day 1 reminder

Web test automation

• Pros and cons
• Beware of maintainability

Selenium IDE

• Introduction
• Writing a first test
• Assertions
• Waits
• Loops
• Conditions
• Embedded scripts

Agile and Test Automation

• When to start?
• Get up to speed when automation starts too late
• Sprint by Sprint

Extra links to continue learning

Pre-Requisites

• To attend this course, you need basic testing knowledge
• No programming knowledge is required
• Don’t forget to bring your laptop for the exercises