I've been tasked with finding a tool/solution to present our automated python test cases to other stakeholders in the business (I won't write actual python for time-saving purposes).

Our tests are structured as follows:

[Python test file]
User journey #1
- Code line 1 ("login")
- Code line 2 ("fill_in_the_welcome_form")
- Code line 3 ("verify_the_form_details_were_saved")

[Python DSL file]
Code line 1 ("login")
- Click "Login" button
- Enter Username value into username field
- Enter password into password field
- Click "Proceed"

Code line 2 ("fill_in_the_welcome_form")
- Fill in field 1
- Fill in field 2
- Fill in field 3
- Click "Save" button

Code line 3 ("verify_the_form_details_were_saved")
- Verify value "x" was saved into field 1
- Verify value "y" was saved into field 2
- etc
- etc

So we have reusable blocks of code in the DSL level that we can piece together like Lego in the test files and they are named in clear English sentences.

I can say to the stakeholders that "We have a test that fills in the Welcome page" but that's not helpful. Plus they can go to GitHub and look at the test files in our repository but that's fairly long-winded. Plus each line isn't very descriptive. "Fill in field 1" doesn't say anything about exactly what value is being inputted. The only way they could find this out is by going deeper into the code and checking what test data we provide.

We have tried documenting the test steps in Confluence/JIRA/Spreadsheets etc but it's a massive overhead to manually update all the documentation every time the product, and then test code; changes.

In your experiences, have you used a test management suite or tool where you can just document test steps? Preferably something that can be interacted with via an API, so the documentation can be easily updated from the code level. We use JIRA for everything, so any kind of plugin would be amazing.

Sorry for the long post but hopefully someone can advise.

Thank you, Jack

As a general principle, I'd follow a relatively simple approach:

• YAGNI (You ain't gonna need it) - don't code something until you need to automate it.
• DRY (Don't repeat yourself) - if you find yourself repeating code, extract the repetitive code into a helper method and call it with the appropriate parameters.

Generally speaking, when I'm starting a new project, especially if it doesn't already have automation in place, I'll start with the simplest test that gives me something useful. Usually it's a login.

Since in the software I work with, nothing else can happen unless the user is logged in, my second test will require the user to be logged in, so logging in will quickly get extracted into a convenience method, which will usually wind up being called as part of the standard test setup code.

After that, I typically define page objects based on the Single Responsibility principle. The page is there to do something, and any and all functions that page handles are in the object. I'll also have a set of common functions that are used across multiple pages that live in separate objects.

The goal I aim towards is to keep the test code as clean and human-friendly as possible. That means that I'll have test code with methods like (pseudocode):

Order_For_Existing_Customer_Generates_Invoice()
    Login_As_Admin(credentials object)
    Go_To_Order_Entry()
    Enter_Order_For_Existing_Customer(order object)
    Verify_Invoice_Has_Correct_Information(order object)

It means I have a collection of sometimes quite complex test data objects, but with complex software this happens. The important part is that the test methods are clear about what is happening - it makes maintenance a lot easier.

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below is Xpath stored in properties file

data=div[contains(text(),'New Delhi')]

and below code snippet is fetching xpath in test script

String checkCity=prop.getProperty(data) ; 
WebElement xpath = driver.findElement(By.xpath(prop.getProperty(locatorKey)));

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We are running up against the limits of manual testing. We have unit tests, but there are a lot of things that can't be tested easily that way. Other than that, we're basically having people manually test all use-cases, and that's just not sustainable. We have no explicit QA people.

What are the best practices/tools (Tools most importantly) for automating testing?

I've been writing a couple of tests using selenium for my website. However, I've not found a way to test multiselect dropdown with checkboxes that is filled by V-autocomplete(vuetifyjs) component . As an example, I want to select one of the locations that is displayed in an V-auto-complete list dropdown.

driver.find_elements_by_xpath(//*[contains(@class, 'v-autocomplete')])

I don't know if an authoritative answer can be provided, but I think simple logic should suffice:

• your primary use of automation is regression
• developing automation scripts takes (a lot) more time than doing the same thing manually

If the above is true than

• it makes sense to invest (a lot of) time in automation on something that will last enough time to break even (timewise)
• it doesn't make sense to invest (a lot of) time in automation of something that is temporary (unstable application version)

The .app file URL looks correct. Sharing the full code with the desired capabilities and iOS driver initialisation would be really helpful to analyse the actual root-cause.

As per the error message shared: “No route found for /wd/hub/session”, it seems like Appium server is not setup correctly.

Usually, qa testing companies follows the below approach of passing the desired capabilities while automating the mobile application.

Please try passing the capabilities in the below format. Hope it will help!

DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
caps.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
caps.setCapability("platformVersion", “iPhone11”); 
caps.setCapability("app", "/Users/davidmacdougall/Downloads/ios-uicatalog-master/UICatalog/build/Release-iphonesimulator/UICatalog.app"); 
// Similarly, please pass the other capabilities as well: automationName, UDID, xcodeOrgId, xcodeSigningId*

Please also initialise the iOS Driver and pass the Appium URL along with the desired capibilities
 driver = new IOSDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4725/wd/hub"), caps);

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