September 2022
Beginner
330 pages
9h 7m
English
book
Test Automation Fundamentals
by Manfred Baumgartner, Thomas Steirer, Marc-Florian Wendland, Stefan Gwihs, Julian Hartner, Richard Seidl
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Foreword by Armin Metzger
The second wave is here! I believe we are in the middle of the second wave of test automation. The first big wave clearly took place in the early 2000s, and the projects involved were initially very successful in terms of improving the effectiveness and the efficiency of test processes in some specific areas. However, in line with the Gartner cycle, the “trough of disillusionment” was quickly reached and, in my view, most projects didn’t actually reach the “plateau of productivity”.
What I observed at the time were projects that expended enormous effort over several years to work their way to a high degree of test automation. Then came technology changes such as the switch to .NET platforms, or process changes such ...