Learn how to design a test automation framework for automating web-based applications.

Test Automation

Testing the user interface for any application is generally time-consuming when done for each new release. UI test automation is the most common and effective way to simulate the actual user journey and business use cases for any application.

In this module, we’ll learn to design a test automation framework from scratch to automate any web-based application using Java, Selenium, and TestNG. We’ll start by learning the basics of Selenium and TestNG and then learn about build management, logging, and reporting, all of which are key concepts for any QA engineer or developer. By the end of this module, we will successfully create a UI test automation framework.

Design a Test Automation Framework with Selenium and Java

### Best practices for automation

* No hardcoding of test data in a test class.
* Add logs for important steps.
* Lots of meaningful assertions should be added.
* No hard coding of configurations.
* Page operations should be part of the page object class.
* Helpers for DB, files, etc., should be part of utility class.
* Add proper test comments.
* Give meaningful names to the test methods and follow java naming conventions.
* Group tests (such as sanity, regression, P0, etc.).
* Avoid dependent tests.

# Best practices for automation

* No hardcoding of test data in a test class.
* Add logs for important steps.
* Lots of meaningful assertions should be added.
* No hard coding of configurations.
* Page operations should be part of the page object class.
* Helpers for DB, files, etc., should be part of utility class.
* Add proper test comments.
* Give meaningful names to the test methods and follow java naming conventions.
* Group tests (such as sanity, regression, P0, etc.).
* Avoid dependent tests.

In this lesson, we will discuss the best practices while writing automated tests.


Introduction to UI Test Automation

Selenium WebDriver Basics

TestNG Framework

Build Management

Configuration Management

Logging

Reporting

Designing the UI Test Automation Framework

Sample UI Test Framework

Conclusion

Pitfalls and Suggestions

Best practices for automation #