Write FIT style tests in MS Excel then run them on a Selenium RC platform with our free and open source test automation framework - Hrmes.
Make sure you aware of the latest advances in Agile test automation and the benefits they can bring to your business.
Do the agencies you employ ensure that only the best candidates make it to interview?
For IT recruitment to work effectively, it really needs people who understand the IT industry.
Recruitment agencies tend to see recruitment as solely a process of “selling”. There is an alternative.
W3QA offers specialist recruitment services for the Selenium test automation sector. This is our exclusive focus in recruitment.
We have an informed understanding of Selenium and the skill sets that work well with it.
We are able to advise clients on options and strategies in recruiting.
Our rigorous vetting procedures and knowledge of the market ensure that you always hire the person you need.
Hrmes is the first data-driven test framework in the world to be fully integrated with Selenium's entire suite of tools - including Selenium GRID.
Hrmes comes with advanced reporting, analysis, debugging and enterprise level development capabilities accessed via Eclipse. It delivers a unique and highly effective approach to test automation.
Hrmes is the only Selenium RC framework powered with the favoured Selenium FIT data structure. Tests are easily authored and understood in Excel, and extended and developed in Java.
Hrmes is execution-ready and provides a powerful yet usable automation solution, making it one of the most popular Selenium frameworks in the world.
Designed and developed by W3QA; Hrmes is freely available under an open source license.
Web applications are becoming ever more advanced and technically demanding to test.
The testability of so-called "Rich Internet Applications", will depend on test automation software and methods, keeping pace.
Using advanced automation tools effectively does require considerable skill and expertise.
When you need to build Selenium expertise into your test team, we can help.
W3QA can recruit and train to complement what you already have.
W3QA is one of the few providers of Selenium training in the world.
We offer a range of structured Selenium courses with options that can be tailored to your needs.
Courses are lab based and focused on testing real web applications.
Maintaining Quality Assurance In Difficult Times
The recession may be technically over, but 2010 is turning out to be every bit as challenging and uncertain as its predecessor.
The pressure on QA remains severe and budgets will need to used more effectively than ever.
This is a time to re-evaluate your approach to QA. Start by examining the opportunities that are now available through advanced Agile test automation solutions.
You should plan to address the following:
o Automate
It is neither possible nor desirable to automate all testing. However, without automation, testing is unscalable.
Manual testing is vital, but expensive. Humans should be used where they are most effective, not on tasks that can be done by machines.
Make sure you have an automation strategy that is capable of identifying what and when to automate.
o When you automate - keep tests relevant and meaningful to business stakeholders
Consider adopting the Agile practice of "Single Source Information". Create automated tests that clearly describe business process and exercise acceptance criteria. This can only be achieved when automated tests are written as "executable requirements".
Ensure you appreciate these concepts and evaluate test specification languages like FIT, Fitnesse and RSpec.
o Use OSS where you can
The big four test automation vendors (HP/Mercury, IBM/Rational, Compuware
and Borland) all charge thousands of pounds in license fees alone. Review any
commitment you have to these vendors. Plan to replace their tools with OSS
alternatives.
Evaluate the acclaimed web automation tool - Selenium. It’s free and
the tool of choice for testing Rich Internet Applications that use Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX.
o Adopt Best Practice
Automating tests for Web applications has unique and significant challenges. Despite what some vendors suggest; it involves more than simply pressing a record button. Implementing automation effectively requires considerable skill and expertise.
There is "best practice" in this area and others have learnt lessons that will be of immense value to your endeavours.
Maintaining effective QA during a downturn is difficult, but the challenge can be met. There has never been a better time to adopt test automation.
W3QA has a unique approach to QA. Our expertise is in providing a complete test solution, exclusively focused on the Selenium test platform.
22nd June 2010
This podcast is a good insight into the challenges of testing in an Agile development environment.
Lisa Crispin makes a strong case for test automation design and an effective automation strategy.
20th April 2010
The 2nd London Selenium Meetup; this time at Google's base in Buckingham Palace Road, looks forward to Selenium 2.0.
11th February 2010
The Hrmes Test Framework project becomes one of the World's most popular Selenium frameworks within a year of it's launch.
3rd February 2010
IE 6 still holds on to significant market share
The bane of every web tester and developers life; IE6 stubbornly refuses to die. Despite all the bad publicity IE6 still commands a healthy 10% of the browser market.
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