2. Giving QAs super powers
Ben Amor and Craig McCormick
Xero

3. Whats our problem? Old code base Hard to unit test
Talk about monolith...
Scale
Move fast
Photobucket user Fritz D

4. How to test an application
Manual
Test Case Management tools
This is outsourcing
Devs automate
NUnit, MSTest, XUnit, MSpec
RestSharp
QEs automate
HP Quality Centre
SOAPUI
Some other integration software
Something else

5. An ideal solution
The test pyramid

6. An ideal solution
The test square

7. An ideal solution
The test bubbly thing

8. Moving towards an ideal solution
A test ice cream cone
Wellington Classic Yacht Trust

9. Moving towards an ideal solution
QA goals
Skills
Information
Time
Technical QA
wackyowl.com

10. Moving towards an ideal solution
Xero Goals
Speed
Clarity
Change infrastructure safely

11. Specification by example
As a <persona>,
I want to <do something>,
So that I can get some <goal/benefit/value>.
Jonathan Shipley

12. Moving towards an ideal solution
Our ideal stack C#
Specflow/Mspec
Selenium
Abstractions
lazytechguys.com

13. Colocation
Prevent fights!
Increase help!
More chat!
Asgeir Viktorsen

14. Solution XeroSE
Framework
Model - Helpers
Tests

15. Code deep[ish] dive An example test Specflow Pagemodel
Inside the pagemodel

16. Specflow in depth
Hooks
ScenarioContext
Tags
Alrugo Entertainment

17. Surfacing information
CI Server
Logs
Wiki/Intranet
Nasa

18. Where next
Blurring the line between dev and QA
Pitfalls

19. Where next Parallel test runs in grid Capture and playback at LOAD
Open source XeroSE
nerdreactor.com

20. Takeaways Scaffolding isn’t pretty
Separate concerns (tests-model-framework)
You can do this with free tools
QAs and devs sit together
Everyone cuts test code
nerdreactor.com

21. Related Ignite NZ Sessions1
Stop coding on pigs
Fri 10:40am Ballroom 1 - Reuben Dunn 2
Building a secure anti-social network
Fri 10:40am SkyCity Theatre - Kirk Jackson and Felix Shi 3
Torment your colleagues with Roslyn
Fri 1:55pm New Zealand 2 - Ivan Towlson
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Hub Happy Hour Nowish
Closing drinks Fri 3:00-4:30pm