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Test Automation Engineering Handbook

You're reading from   Test Automation Engineering Handbook Learn and implement techniques for building robust test automation frameworks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804615492
Length 276 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Manikandan Sambamurthy Manikandan Sambamurthy
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Test Automation FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Test Automation Strategy 4. Chapter 3: Common Tools and Frameworks 5. Part 2: Practical Affairs
6. Chapter 4: Getting Started with the Basics 7. Chapter 5: Test Automation for Web 8. Chapter 6: Test Automation for Mobile 9. Chapter 7: Test Automation for APIs 10. Chapter 8: Test Automation for Performance 11. Part 3: Continuous Learning
12. Chapter 9: CI/CD and Test Automation 13. Chapter 10: Common Issues and Pitfalls 14. Assessments 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix A:Mocking API Calls

Chapter 6, Test Automation for Mobile

  1. Appium involves multiple installations working in tandem, and it would be convenient to have a tool that could provide us with constant feedback on the health of our setup. appium-doctor does just that.
  2. The main downside of using an emulator is in replicating certain performance issues such as battery life and network connectivity. The test results in these areas may be unreliable. It also gets increasingly complicated to test device behavior when multi-tasking
  3. One of the major challenges is having good coverage for multiple device models and OS versions. Another challenge would be to accommodate localization testing where multiple geographical regions have to be considered for the same release of the application.
  4. The benefits of using CSPs for mobile test automation are as following:
    • Ability to scale
    • Test and debug issues faster
    • Save resources in setting up an in-house mobile testing lab
  5. Hooks are reusable code that can be run...
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