Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation

Preface

Test automation tools have been around for about 30 years, yet many automation attempts fail, or at least are only partially successful. Why is this?

We wanted to understand if the principles of effective automation, as published in our previous book, Software Test Automation, are still relevant and what other principles now apply, so we began gathering information about real-world test automation implementations. This led us to a rather pleasant discovery: Over the past 10 years, many people have had good success with software test automation, many of them using our book. Of course, we are not the only ones to have described or discovered good automation practices, yet successful and lasting automation still seems to be an elusive achievement ...