Test Automation Fundamentals - Advancity Global

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Published 2025-04-24
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Duration 5h 10m 20s

What you'll learn

Ensuring released software is high quality whilst meeting deadlines is a major challenge for all software development teams. Particularly as the number and size of systems grows, test automation becomes a necessity. However, with the sheer number of different coding languages, frameworks, and tools, it can be difficult to know where to start. In this course, Test Automation Fundamentals, you’ll learn to implement test automation principles that can be applied whatever your organization’s technology stack. First, you’ll explore the different types of tests that can be automated and identify valuable test cases. Next, you’ll discover some guiding principles for creating effective automated tests. Finally, you’ll learn how to plan and execute a test automation strategy. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of test automation needed to efficiently test your software and produce high quality releases.

This course includes:

Course Overview

Course Overview | 2m

Understanding Test Automation

52m 31s

Course Intro | 5m 52s
Should All Testing Be Automated? | 6m 41s
Exploring the Test Pyramid | 5m 53s
Understanding Unit Tests | 6m 48s
Demo: Unit Tests | 4m 9s
Understanding Integration Tests | 7m 11s
Demo: Integration Tests | 2m 28s
Understanding End-to-end Tests | 7m 45s
Demo: End-to-end Tests | 2m 27s
Key Takeaways | 3m 13s

Identifying Valuable Test Cases

39m 15s

Module Intro | 4m 15s
Creating Test Cases for Unit Tests | 9m
Creating Test Cases for Whitebox Integration Tests | 7m 59s
Creating Test Cases for API Testing | 8m 28s
Identifying Valuable End-to-end Test Cases | 6m 54s
Key Takeaways | 2m 38s

Assessing Frameworks and Tools

30m 31s

Module Intro | 1m 56s
Understanding Frameworks and Tools | 7m 29s
Exploring the Test Automation Tooling Landscape | 5m 28s
Behavior-driven Development | 5m 35s
Selecting the Right Tool for the Job | 7m 44s
Key Takeaways | 2m 16s

Creating an Automated Test Suite

35m 5s

Module Intro | 1m 47s
Arrange, Act, and Assert | 7m 58s
Names are Powerful Things | 8m 52s
Avoid Conditional Logic in Tests | 5m 12s
Minimize Complexity | 8m 43s
Key Takeaways | 2m 30s

Think FIRST Before Writing Automated Tests

25m 7s

Module Intro | 2m 32s
Write Fast Tests | 3m 54s
Keep Tests Isolated | 4m 11s
Repeatable Tests Only Fail When They Should | 4m 15s
Tests Must Be Self-validating | 2m 45s
A Timely Test Is a More Valuable Test | 5m 24s
Key Takeaways | 2m 3s

Handling Test Data

30m 35s

Module Intro | 2m 3s
Data for Unit Tests | 2m 40s
Can We Avoid Needing Data in a Database | 4m 48s
The Static Data Approach | 6m 17s
The Data Seeder Approach | 6m
The Just-in-time Approach | 6m 13s
Key Takeaways | 2m 32s

Test Automation Execution & Maintenance

45m

Module Intro | 1m 59s
Running Automated Tests | 5m 33s
Integrating Automated Tests Into a CI Pipeline | 6m 39s
Reporting Automated Test Results | 6m 26s
Effectively Troubleshooting Automated Tests | 7m
Tests Must Be Maintained to Continue Providing Value | 9m 19s
Maintaining Test Infrastructure | 5m 12s
Key Takeaways | 2m 49s

Planning & Executing a Test Automation Strategy

50m 13s

Module Intro | 2m 15s
Is Your Organization Ready to Adopt Test Automation? | 5m 36s
Test Automation Strategies Should be Inclusive | 4m 46s
Adopting New Frameworks and Tools | 4m 57s
Defining Success | 6m 49s
Metrics are Key to an Effective Process | 5m 39s
Getting Stakeholders on Board with Test Automation | 3m 3s
Continuous Feedback Leads to Continuous Improvement | 5m 55s
Test Automation Strategies for Existing Projects vs. New Projects | 5m 47s
Course Summary | 5m 20s