
Test Automation Fundamentals
A Study Guide for the Certified Test Automation Engineer Exam – Advanced Level Specialist – ISTQB® Compliant
- 330 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Test Automation Fundamentals
A Study Guide for the Certified Test Automation Engineer Exam – Advanced Level Specialist – ISTQB® Compliant
About this book
Concepts, methods, and techniques—supported with practical, real-world examples
- The first book to cover the ISTQB® Certified Test Automation Engineer syllabus
- With real-world project examples
- – Suitable as a textbook, as a reference book for ISTQB® training courses, and for self-study
This book provides a complete overview of how to design test automation processes and integrate them into your organization or existing projects. It describes functional and technical strategies and goes into detail on the relevant concepts and best practices. The book's main focus is on functional system testing. Important new aspects of test automation, such as automated testing for mobile applications and service virtualization, are also addressed as prerequisites for creating complex but stable test processes. The text also covers the increase in quality and potential savings that test automation delivers.
The book is fully compliant with the ISTQB® syllabus and, with its many explanatory examples, is equally suitable for preparation for certification, as a concise reference book for anyone who wants to acquire this essential skill, or for university-level study.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Authors
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by Armin Metzger
- Overview
- Contents
- 1 An Introduction to Test Automation and Its Goals
- 2 Preparing for Test Automation
- 3 Generic Test Automation Architecture
- 4 Deployment Risks and Contingencies
- 5 Reporting and Metrics
- 6 Transitioning Manual Testing to an Automated Environment
- 7 Verifying the Test Automation Solution
- 8 Continuous Improvement
- 9 Excursus: Looking Ahead
- APPENDICES
- Footnotes
- Index