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RPA - Blue Prism, OpenSpan, Automation Anywhere vs UIPath

If you haven't heard of these then you have been living under a rock: Everest Group FIT matrix for Robotic Process Automation (rpa) technology   UiPath named RPA Industry Leader; scores Best RPA Technology - Forrester. UiPath, known for unrivaled Citrix automation performance with its computer vision technology, has been recognized as an RPA industry leader in the "Forrester Wave ™ Robotic Process Automation, Q1 2017". The report compared 12 RPA vendors against criteria in the areas of: current offering; strategy and market presence.

My Technical Talk @ Tconf.io - Testing insights: in the fast paced technology world of apps

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Or you can view on youtube @ TConf.io 2016 Aditya Kalra Testing insights: in the fast paced technology world of apps https://tconf.io http://mst.qa SDETs are the new technical testers, reshaping industries and changing how testing can be achieved. Success in this space depends on how well and how fast you respond. Testing Insights will give you answers to what you will be looking for and where you can find in the ever changing world of app test automation.

Mock the backend using Postman

Postman has developed a new mock service to enable teams to simulate a backend server. Front-end developers can simulate each endpoint in a Postman Collection (and corresponding environment) to view the potential responses, without actually spinning up a back end. Simulate a back end with Postman's mock service Throughout the development process, delays on the front end or back end can hold up dependent teams from completing their work efficiently. Some API engineers already use Postman to work on endpoints without relying on a front-end UI to simulate API requests. Now, Postman has developed a new mock service to enable teams to simulate a backend server. Here is also a   good repository that uses postman collections demonstrating a variety of use cases for all REST and Platform Extension APIs :  https://github.com/heremaps/postman-collections  

Design Patterns in Test Automation

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Page Object Pattern PageObject Element Map  Properties of all web elements of the page and their locators Page Object Actions of the page Page Object Validator Validations/Assertions on the page Tests Class  Group of tests referencing the page objects, it can hold only a single instance of the page object.  Facade Design Pattern Facade Holds methods that combine actions executed on multiple pages Page Objects (ItemPage) Holds the actions that can be performed on the page like Search and Navigate. Exposes an easy access to the Page Validator though the Validate() method.  PageObject Element Map  Properties of all web elements of the page and their locators Page Object Validator Validations/Assertions on the page Tests Class  Group of tests referencing the facade, it can hold only a single instance of the facade. Singleton Design Pattern Page Objects (ItemPage) Holds the actions that can be performe...

Google has implemented a headless option for Chrome

New Headless Chrome With Selenium WebDriver So if you hadn't heard, Google has implemented a headless option for Chrome. This will be included from version 59, however you can download it now and a play using the Canary install. So I did just that. Happy testing!