The trend of software development is moving towards
frequent releases backed up by automated functional testing.
Continuous Testing (CT), a key process of DevOps, executes automated end-to-end (UI) as regression testing, frequently on new builds. If all tests pass, the software is ready for a production release. there are test failures, the team must act quickly on the feedback.
This book presents a practical approach to implementing real Continuous Testing. Topics include:
- Why do traditional CI servers, e.g. Jenkins, always fail to manage UI test executions?
- Set up a BuildWise (free, open-source) CT server to run Selenium tests in minutes
- Sequential Build, run selected tests on the CT server machine
- Custom test executions with Rake
- ParallelBuild, distribute tests to build agents to run them in parallel
- CT best practices, such as Dynamic Ordering, Auto-Retry, Manual-Retry, ..., etc.
- Advice on setting up a parallel testing lab
