List of useful articles

Test Automation wrap up of 2015 – trends and news by Mark Kardashov

13 Essential Tools to Check Cross-Browser Compatibility by Grace Smith

How Does Selenium WebDriver Work by Alex Siminiuc

Maven

Today, I installed Maven to my Eclipse. For its installation, I used the instruction at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8620127/maven-in-eclipse-step-by-step-installation. It was simple and straightforward.

Maven is one of skills that I was recommended to learn.

* Last week, I re-installed SVN, and it was good to keep version control.

Load and Performance testing

Today, I attended a webinar of BlazeMeter. It was "How to Automatically and Simultaneously Test the Performance & Visual Appearance of Your App Under Load".

I have no experience of Load and Performance testing, and joined the webinar to learn them.

Presentation was excellent by two experts.

One interesting thing was Selenium was used for the performance testing during their presentations. I did not know it, and was excited about it.

After or while I reach to higher level in test automation, I would learn and practice Performance testing.

MySQL DML practice with Selenium and Java

I used Oracle and DB2 when I worked as a developer, and know SQL. But, I had no chance to practice MySQL on my PC.

I found an excellent guide from installing MySQL to running DML. I just followed steps, and was able to practice DML on MySQL Command Line Client. The guide had a Java script using Selenium and JUnit. After I modified some areas, I executed it on Eclipse with Selenium and Java.

In many cases, it is not easy to install and run a tool completely. Even one option can affect the installation, and it can take long time. However, this guide was almost perfect. I spent a little more time at the security checking.

Using the guide, I felt deep appreciation to the author who tried to share what the author learned and knew.

Watch Ted's MySQL DML practice with Selenium and Java at YouTube.

Training for Test Automation

In the previous post, I introduced I attended Test Automation training.
Its course is here.
The course is for the latest session, and contents are mostly same as my course.

Java was not difficult to follow and understand coding in each session because my background is in development. However, some new concepts were curious and challenging. I practiced them diligently. For example, annotation and assertion in JUnit.

The good thing from the training was live.
For example, the instructor coded everything sequentially in a class. Then, it was converted to scripts and classes. I think it was a good approach to let a trainee understand the structure by Selenium, Java and JUnit.

The instructor made a course certificate. He evaluated my level as an intermediate.

After the training, I wanted to experience coding for real projects that could be developed in a company. I received 1-to-1 training from the instructor for 2 months more. With test cases or assignments, I coded and executed classes. The instructor gave feedback for my working. My level was improved through the intensive practice. I uploaded the codes to GitHub.

It was a good experience to learn and practice.

* Original Link for Ted Oh course certificate

The first step for Test Automation

My background is in programming on mainframe. During my job search for a programmer position, I became interested in testing for a job.

I started Manual testing for Web and mobile devices (iOS and Android) in 2014. It was challenging, but liked it.

While my performance was improved in manual testing, I became interested in Test Automation. It was related to my expertise, coding.

I have attended Test Automation training with Selenium WebDriver and Java for 6 months since January, 2015. Especially, for the last 2 months, it was hands-on 1-to-1 intensive training.
I created classes for projects, and used Selenium WebDriver API, Java, Eclipse, JUNIT, XPATH and JavaScript.

See my Thank you Note video with Selenium and Java after hands-on 1-to-1 intensive training ends.

I think this is a good start.