Applying programming principles in test automation

“Test automation is software development”

We’ve all heard this before, but still, many people who want to grow as a test automation engineer struggle because of this: a lack of fundamental object-oriented programming skills.

That’s where this workshop comes in.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to increase your value as a test automation engineer by improving your object-oriented programming skills.

You can use these skills to start working on or get better at writing automation code, but they will also be a massive help in improving your conversations and collaboration efforts with the developers in your team.

Workshop contents

This course covers, among other things:

• A (renewed) introduction to objects, classes, constructors, methods and parameters
• Fundamental principles of OOP: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism and abstraction
• The SOLID principles: Single Responsibility, Open-Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation and Dependency Inversion
• When and how to apply these principles to your test code
• When and how to apply these principles to your application code to improve testability

There’s no better way to learn than by doing, so you’ll be presented with lots of code reviewing and hands-on programming exercises throughout this workshop.

I can deliver this workshop in Java, C# as well as in Python.

Intended audience and prerequisite knowledge

This course is aimed at both testing practitioners and developers who want to learn to write better code to help them in their testing, automation and development efforts.

Delivery and group size

This is a live workshop, available both on site and online. The maximum group size is 12.

Duration

Depending on the exact topics to be covered, this workshop takes 1-2 working days.

Interested?

If you would like to book me to teach this workshop in your organization, or if you have any additional questions, please send an email to bas@ontestautomation.com or use the contact form on this page.

For an overview of all workshops and training courses I have on offer, please visit the main training page.