Announcing my new book, "End-to-end Test Automation Anti-Patterns"
A book on Critical Lessons from Real-World Test Automation Failures.
I’m excited to announce my new book, End-to-End Test Automation Anti-Patterns: Critical Lessons from Real-World Test Automation Failures. Its eBook form is now available on Leanpub for $20. (Paid subscribers to this newsletter can get it free—details below)
This follows my 12 previous books on end-to-end test automation:
Practical Testing series (4):
Recipes series (7):
Selenium WebDriver Recipes in Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript and C#.
Web Test Automation in Action series (1):
What is this book about?
Test Automation, especially end-to-end (E2E) test automation via UI, is rarely taught in university computer science programs. In the workplace, formal training in this area is equally rare. As a result, the industry is riddled with misconceptions, confusion and wrong practices in this field.
Since 2013, while visiting various software projects, I noted down the pass rates of automated E2E tests in their 'overnight builds' within so-called 'CI/CD' pipelines. The highest pass rate I encountered was just 48%, a clear sign of systemic failure.
Many of these failures can be traced to one or more of the 59 anti-patterns detailed in this book, organized into the following categories:
Mindset and Opinions
General and Scripting Practices
Web Test Automation
API Testing
Mobile/Desktop Test Automation
Test Execution
Performance Testing
Load Testing
Leadership
A failed end-to-end (E2E) test automation effort can easily cost a company over $1 million, along with damage to reputation and morale. By identifying and avoiding the anti-patterns outlined in this book, organizations can save substantial resources and achieve successful E2E test automation—the backbone of Agile and DevOps.
Why did I write this book?
In my earlier books, I shared my proven approaches and practices for successful end-to-end (E2E) test automation. Over the years, I have witnessed countless mistakes and failures in test automation efforts across many software companies, yet writing a book specifically on anti-patterns had never crossed my mind.
I did touch on a few in my blog posts, such as:
Developer-Focused Approach (4-part series)
E2E Test Automation Anti-Pattern: Semi-Automated Execution
These posts were well received, which inspired me to go further and document the anti-patterns I’ve observed in a dedicated book. This book is the result.
This newsletter’s paid subscribers can get this ebook for free
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