Test Automation using Python

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Incorporate good practices in writing tests
• Understand the structure of Python test frameworks
• Write and debug tests using Python test frameworks (py.test/unittest)
• Implement easily maintainable automated REST API tests (requests)
• Create web and mobile automated tests (Selenium Webdriver)
• Understand the value of good practices for API and UI testing
• Find out what the standards for Gherkin are and how to write step definition code
• Apply readable livinGherkin specifications with Cucumber and step definition code
• Run basic scenario for real examples (football scores API + Python & behave)
• Define your own test exceptions

1. Introduction
2. Getting started
   • Preparing working environment
   • IDE Navigation (PyCharm)
   • Creating Python project
   • Managing dependencies
   • Code debugging
3. Writing tests
   • Test frameworks available on the market
   • Introduction to py.test
   • Create your first test
   • Parametrization of test functions
   • Exceptions
   • Specifying / selecting tests
   • Running multiple tests
   • Test reports generation
4. Testing REST API
   • Required tools installation
   • GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
   • Requests library
   • Handling HTTP requests
   • Response parsing
   • Hamcrest assertions
   • Flask microframework
5. Selenium + webdriver
   • Getting driver to run the browser
   • Selectors
   • Basic actions
   • Implementing page object pattern
6. Python meets BDD
   • BDD basics
   • Gherkin syntax
   • BDD good practices
   • BDD with behave library
   • Behave main structure
   • Behave keywords and steps implementation
   • Context and environment.py maintenance
   • Passing tables and examples to tests

The course is dedicated to people having basic hands-on experience in Python programming, ie. if you know how to use variables, write methods, use classes and are familiar with concepts such as inheritance, encapsulation, abstraction, etc. - you’re good to go (if not, don’t worry - we have a course for you here!). Many groups can benefit from the course, especially:

• Software Testers looking for an easy way to automate tests
• Software Developers interested in test automation
• People responsible for the quality of software products - Product Owners, DevOps, Programmers, Consultants, Support Specialists, etc.