Website Test Automation with Ruby - A Beginners Guide (blog forecast)


The past
During my time at spriteCloud I got my first experience with Test Automation. A crash course in test automation and some days later, I started to write some Gherkin scenario's and test scripts for my own project. SpriteCloud developed a Ruby gem called lapis_lazuli. If you're not familiar with Ruby, it's a plug-in/add-on/extension. This lapis_lazuli gem makes life easier especially for beginners, but I'll explain more about that in one of the next blog posts.

The present
These days I work for Mproof to test their new product called Service-Hub. And I'm no test automation master (yet), but I've gained quiet some experience by now and are quiet familiar with the Ruby + Cucumber combination. Still almost every day I learn something new. So I thought it would be nice to share.

For you and for me
Since the internet is a bit of a jungle of information. You will easily loose time researching an issue that has already been encountered/resolved before. Therefore I thought it would be nice to start sharing my knowledge and experiences with you all. Not only to teach people about the Ruby + Cucumber combination, but also as a reference guide for myself. I'll try to provide examples based on what helped me, but don't be shy and let me know how I can improve my knowledge sharing.

The future (blog forecast)
For just a bit more than a year I've learned so many things. At first I just wanted to tell you about this lapis_lazuli gem and how it helps me and some lessons learned, but where to start? So I came up with the idea to just go over the whole process from absolute beginner to novice. There are many topics to cover, but here's what I had in mind:

This forecast might change a bit over time, but it looks like I have work to do. If you have any suggestions you would like to see covered, let me know. I'll start writing the next post.

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