12 AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

This chapter is essential for test automation engineers, architects, project managers, Scrum masters and everyone involved in test automation framework design and development. This chapter explains how to approach a test automation framework by using a spreadsheet for data management. This framework is based on the philosophy of using libraries for validation and reporting.

A framework is defined as a set of rules and guidelines, such as best practices and coding standards, that can be followed in a systematic way that ensures the delivery of targeted results such as increased code reusability, higher portability and reduced script maintenance costs. We discussed different test automation frameworks ...

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