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A guide for manual testers transitioning to automation, covering prerequisites (Agile, CI/CD, ROI), benefits (fun, career growth, respect, pay), learning at work vs. after hours, and specific learning paths for Selenium GUI and REST API automation.
Read more: How to start learning test automationShowcases several open-source E2E testing suites (Wikia, WordPress, NASA, Jenkins, Mozilla, Optimizely) for learning, referencing different languages and frameworks while emphasizing the test pyramid.
Read more: Best complete testing suites available onlinePart 1 of Rest-Assured guide: Covers setup, BDD approach (given/when/then), basic GET tests against JSONPlaceholder, Hamcrest assertions, JSON schema validation, and PUT requests with automatic Java object to JSON conversion.
Read more: RESTful API Testing with Rest-Assured (1)Introduces the TestOps concept (efficiently providing test infrastructure/frameworks) and outlines benefits: expanding skills, deepening SE understanding, learning operations, discovering new test areas, and increasing contribution value.
Read more: TestOps - missing piece of puzzleProvides four methods to handle file downloads in Selenium/Java without brittle tools like AutoIT: checking URL status with HttpClient, simulating user download with cookies, verifying non-empty download, and confirming MD5 checksum.
Read more: How to Download files using Selenium 2