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How to Test a Time Machine

By : Noemí Ferrera
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How to Test a Time Machine

By: Noemí Ferrera

Overview of this book

From simple websites to complex applications, delivering quality is crucial for achieving customer satisfaction. How to Test a Time Machine provides step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples to show you how you can leverage your company's test architecture from different points in the development life cycle. You'll begin by determining the most effective system for measuring and improving the delivery of quality applications for your company, and then learn about the test pyramid as you explore it in an innovative way. You'll also cover other testing topics, including cloud, AI, and VR for testing. Complete with techniques, patterns, tools, and exercises, this book will help you enhance your understanding of the testing process. Regardless of your current role within development, you can use this book as a guide to learn all about test architecture and automation and become an expert and advocate for quality assurance. By the end of this book, you'll be able to deliver high-quality applications by implementing the best practices and testing methodologies included in the book.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 Getting Started – Understanding Where You Are and Where You Want to Go
6
Part 2 Changing the Status – Tips for Better Quality
10
Part 3 Going to the Next Level – New Technologies and Inspiring Stories
Appendix – Self-Assessment

Further reading

  • [1] The Apollo 11 code was uploaded here: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11.
  • [2] My blog is https://thetestlynx.wordpress.com; you can check the past posts section to find the one about the test machine.
  • [3] For more information about the pyautogui library and how to control the mouse and keyboard with Python, see https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/; for the win32gui library, visit http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/win32gui.html.
  • [4] More information about the UIA tree is available here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/ui-automation/ui-automation-tree-overview.
  • [5] Working with JSON objects can make things easier; you can find out more about the JSON library for Python here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html.
  • [6] WinAuto is a bit old now: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/inspect-objects. Accessibility insights is the recommended tool to inspect Windows elements at the time of...