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Git
First of all, we need to go to the SCM root folder (the place where we originally cloned our project). Git creates a hidden folder called .git that holds all the information about your project t...
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Baking in reliability
up early? We could ask our developers to run the tests before every push, but sometimes people forget. Maybe they didn't forget, but it's a small change and it doesn't seem worth going through a...
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Let's imagine for a moment that the software you are testing is something that buys
and sells shares and you are pushing new releases out daily because your company has to stay ahead of the game. You have a test that has been ickering for as longas you can remember. Somebody on...
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Oh that test always ickers, don't worry about it
This scenario is one that can occur in both isolated automation teams and integrated teams where everybody works together. You have probably seen automated tests that are not totally reliable; y...
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The test automation team that works in isolation
One of the more common reasons that tests are not reliable is having a dedicated test automation team who work in isolation from the team that develops the application. This should really be avo...
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Reliability
When it comes to automation, reliability of tests is the key. If your tests are not reliable they will not be trusted, which can have far-reaching consequences. I'm sure you have all worked in e...
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I think one of the most important things that you can do when writing automated
tests is make sure that they are good documentation. This means: make sure that you describe how all the parts of the application you are testing work (or, to put it another way, have a high lev...
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Tests are living documentation
So what do I mean by living documentation? As the application is built, automated tests are continually being written to ensure that speci c criteria are met. These tests come in many different ...
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While constantly updating your scripts is not necessarily a bad thing
having your tests break every time there is a new release of code is a bad thing. If your tests continually stop working for no good reason, people are going to stop trusting them. When they see...
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Location, location, location
Many companies still have discrete test and development teams. This is obviously not an ideal situation as the test team is usually not completely aware of what the development team is buildin...