1. Lessons Learned in Automated Testing

2. About Me Testing Team Leader QSuper Limited Web Master Watir
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3. “There are good practices in context, but there are no best practices”
Lessons Learned in Software Testing (2004)

4. know your context. it defines what automated testing is, what value it can add

5. automated high value, high risk things. not easy things.
how? →

6. design tests before automating, but keep automation in mind.

7. automating your regression testing often delivers great value each manual regression test costs $$$ regression tests are repeatable across iterations

8. quick wins give you breathing space to develop a good solution

9. often you need to test through the GUI, so live with it but...

10. ...cater for change, be able to automate new GUIs, APIs, DBs

11. always cater for negative testing

12. go shallow & wide, then deep & narrow, then deep & wide

13. always version control your automated tests

14. you're not perfect we all need to get along

15. share your knowledge

16. cheers alister.scott@gmail.com watirmelon.com