Boozang from the trenches
The book “Boozang from the Trenches” is now available on the Apress site and Amazon.
The book idea is to complement the documentation already available here with real life examples and practical tips on automating end to end scenarios in an enterprise context.
Interview with Joe Colantonio
The author, Gianni Pucciani, did an interview with Joe Colantonio about the book.
00:01 Gianni discusses his new book Boozang from the Trenches and his experience with test automation.
02:15 Struggle with maintaining test automation code
07:09 Comparison of Boozang with another codeless tool
09:45 Test automation is an accelerator, not a magic solution
14:27 Real world examples of test management struggles and solutions
16:50 Recording known issues in automation saves time and allows focus on new failures.
20:47 Bidirectional synchronization with X-ray and Boozang
23:02 Automation testing allows parallel execution for faster speeds.
27:17 Modularity is the key to successful test automation.
29:18 Test Guild Automation Podcast aims for end-to-end full-stack automation
Summary
Test Automation is a key aspect of delivering high-quality software and reducing time to market. Several tools and approaches are available today, each with its own constraints and specificity. This book introduces Boozang, a codeless web automation tool, using a real-life enterprise project as source for examples.
You'll have the opportunity to learn the basic features of Boozang and how to implement end-to-end automated scenarios, mixing GUI and API actions. Integration with JIRA-XRay and Jenkins is also covered to show how Boozang can be used effectively in an enterprise environment. The book is filled with examples that go beyond the Boozang tool, and cover the setup of a test automation project in a real context, with practical solutions as well as open points for which we are still looking for new ideas. You will learn how to:
· Install and set up a project with Boozang
· Create a modular test suite and use Gherkin to define scenarios
· Integrate Boozang with JIRA-XRay and work in a team with code branches
· Build a Jenkins pipeline to execute the automated scenarios nightly and reduce the execution time via parallelism
This Book is for
Testers and test managers, IT projects leads, Release and Delivery Managers, Developers, and Business Analysts