Every release required two days of manual testing — 150 scenarios. With two releases per month, that was a quarter of a tester’s time. We decided to automate.
Page Object Pattern¶
Every page has a Java class encapsulating its elements and actions. A UI change means updating the Page Object; the tests remain unchanged.
Test Stability¶
Explicit waits instead of Thread.sleep(). Independent tests. Stable test data (DB snapshot). Headless mode (Xvfb) for CI.
Integration with Jenkins¶
Selenium tests run after deployment to the test server. 40 tests in 15 minutes.
What to Automate¶
Smoke tests, regression tests for critical flows, CRUD of main entities. Not: exploratory testing, UX review.
Results After 6 Months¶
40 tests, 60 percent coverage of critical scenarios. Manual testing reduced from 2 days to 4 hours. Regression bugs down by 40 percent.
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