agile breakfast st. gallen - mindset. skillset. toolset

MINDSET. SKILLSET. TOOLSET THE KEYS TO AGILE TESTING AND TEST AUTOMATION

MICHAEL PALOTAS

AGILE BREAKFAST, ST. GALLEN

28. October 2014

Michael Palotas Gerbiweg 2 8853 Lachen michael.palotas@gridfusion.net @michael_palotas

WHO AM I?

Head of Productivity & Test Engineering, eBay

Founder, GRIDFUSION

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EBAY FROM THE TOP

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GRIDFUSION FROM THE TOP

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MINDSET

attractionmarketingmethods.com

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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR

QUALITY?

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TEST CYCLES

Development Test

Traditional model - 6 months

Development Test

Agile - 2 weeks

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Development Test AUTO

THE IDEAL MIX?

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BUG PREVENTION?

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TESTING OFFERINGS

Manual testing

Rapid testing / exploratory approach

Focus on fast feedback

Focus on primary work artifacts

Domain knowledge

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Architecture

Infrastructure

Tools

TDD / Automation

Continuous Integration

DevOps

HOW TEAMS EVOLVE

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SKILLSET - WHAT IT MEANS FOR TESTERS

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WHAT IT MEANS FOR MANAGERS

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TOOLSET

Otto.de

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AUTOMATION

… is software development

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TESTAUTOMATION WHY?

NOT to replace people To save time and to reinvest that time into

“smart” testing To get early and instant feedback

Regression testing only Safety net

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WHAT IS SELENIUM?

SELENIUM AUTOMATES BROWSERS

THAT'S IT

And more more thing: Selenium is becoming a W3C standard: http://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver

SELENIUM 2 / WEBDRIVER

JSON WIRE PROTOCOL

Client

Java

C#

Ruby

Python

Server

i.e. Selendroid, iOS-Driver

Server

Server

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SCALING – SELENIUM GRID

CI

DEV

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SELENIUM GRID HUB

IOS ANDROID

LINUX

WINDOWS

OSX

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TEST INFRASTRUCTURE

AUT

DB

API

Browsers Mobiles

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TESTING OF THE FUTURE?

Non-Stop Testing

Parallel to Development

All test levels are done within the sprint

Testing is the job of the entire team

Testers are engineers with a “testing superpower”

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ATLASSIAN

Source: Andrew Prentice, Atlassian, Sydney May 2014 MICHAEL PALOTAS - AGILE BREAKFAST ST. GALLEN

THE BIG GOAL

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THANK YOU!

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michael.palotas@gridfusion.net @michael_palotas

REFERENCES

http://weekendreflection.blogspot.ch/

http://perfectplate.com/

http://www.jamshid-ibrahim.net/

http://simplehomemade.net/

http://npr.org

http://creatia2013.wordpress.com/

www.kaushik.net

Sackmesser.ch

http://betterafter50.com

http://estonianfreepress.com/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Ordinary_roadblock.JPG

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