Automation Archives - JitGo Jitesh Gosai Tester, Speaker, Presenter

Test Automation: Don't report the bugs it catches

Automation, continuous improvement, Test automation, testability, Testing, unit testing

Reading time: 3 minutes Don’t report the bugs your test automation catches. Report the reduction in uncertainty that the system works. When you report the bugs you send the signal that test automation is there to catch bugs. But that’s…

Reducing Uncertainty in Software Delivery

Agile, Automation, Collaboration, DevOps, Quality Awareness, talks

A key theme that I’m seeing from these talks is that they are spending a lot of effort on learning from failure. Either by analysing ones that have happened in production or actively encouraging teams to cause failures.

Building confidence with automation

Automation, Collaboration, documentation, testability, Testing, Tips

For automation to be accepted and therefore successful people need to feel confident in the process, but how do you do that for test automation? "Show" them the process or build trust with the person doing the work.

The unintended consequences of automated UI tests

Android, Automation, Checks Vs Testing, Quality Assurance, Quality Awareness, Test automation, testability, Testing, unit testing

Whenever I see people talking about automated testing I always wonder what type of testing they actually mean? Eventually someone will mention the framework they are using and all too often it's a UI based automation tool that allows tests…

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UI Automation, what is it good for?

Automation, BDD, Checks, Checks Vs Testing, Mobile, Test automation, Testing

TL;DR: What automation at the UI level does and doesn't give you. UPDATE: I originally wrote this back in March 2015, lost it in my drafts and found it again recently so thought I get it out there. Don’t agree then let me know in the comments. Automation…

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Mobile UI Automation

Android, Automation, Mobile, Test automation, Testing, Tips

(...from my experience) Original posted on Medium My name is Jitesh 'Jit' Gosai and I’m a Senior Developer in Test (DiT) at the BBC working in Mobile Platforms, Digital. I originally wrote this post well over a year ago (2014!) and recently…

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Automating BBC iPlayer mobile testing part three: legacy vs new features

Automation, Mobile, Test automation, Testing

Originally posted on the BBC website 30 June 2014 This is the third and final part my series of posts about how the BBC iPlayer Mobile team automate their user interface testing. You can find the first part here as well…

Automating testing for BBC iPlayer mobile part two: automation

Android, Automation, Mobile, Test automation, Testing, Uncategorised

Originally posted on the BBC website 30 June 2014 This is the second part of a three post series exploring how the BBC iPlayer Mobile testing team has integrated automated user interface (UI) testing into their development practice. This…

Automating testing for BBC iPlayer mobile part one: 3 Amigos