Chapter 8. Growing the Test Suite

 

"To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well."

 
 --Isaac Asimov, Foundation Series

Writing tests is fun! This may seem contrary to the first sentence in Chapter 1, Writing the First Test, of this book. However, once we solve the difficult problems such as test stability, test data, and the framework design, writing a new test case is the most gratifying experience one can have in our field.

Once we have a good grasp of Selenium and are ready to grow our test suite, we will face some new challenges. Questions such as what test needs to be written next or what CI tool to choose from will naturally come up. In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics about the long-term growth and ...

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