Speed up your tests

Devi Sridharan

Long test suite….

Identify flaky tests

Never heard of it!!!

Flaky Test contd…

Isolate flaky test

AnalyseFix the

flakiness

Monitor it continuousl

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Parallelisation

Independent testsMultiple Virtual machinesParallel execution tools (selenium Grid,Test Load Balancer etc )

Break the Tests

Smoke Test SuiteRegression Test Suite

Create smart test data

A wise QA once said:

Create smart test data[Contd…]

Create test data via database or API

fastReliable

Fan of xpaths??

To identify objects

Use direct attributes like id,name

Avoid generic locators like //table/tr[2]/td

More caffeine to tests…

say ‘NO’ to generic waitsConditional waits

Unit test is no more Dev’s Territory… :)

Questions???