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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
Book Image

Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

AX test automation in DevOps


It has become essential to test early in the development process to find and correct accessibility conformance issues. This offers the potential to save valuable time and cost, especially because it can be used as a way to provide feedback to the development team so that the issues are taken into consideration at an early stage of implementation. With automated AX tests, accessibility concerns can be identified and remediated prior to releasing the code to the test team.

Automated testing tools give developers a complete view of accessibility issues, such as alternative text and color contrast. AX tools recommend necessary corrections that improve the user experience. The AX tools help with adherence to accessibility standards and government regulations (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, US Section 508, Americans with Disabilities Act).

There are many tools available to help ensure accessibility of applications. Some of these include:

  • Web developer toolbars...