Ten reasons for my hatred
summary
Talk lists ten specific things the presenter dislikes in testing: Page Objects, TestNG, ReportPortal, try/catch, loops and conditionals, implicit waits, explicit waits, dependency injection, Spring, etc. For each item the presenter gives a brief, five-minute critique or explanation; the format is a rapid series of short segments covering each technology or practice.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:33Bad test automation
- 10:30Dev process problems
- 15:09Parallel tests hatred
- 18:40Parameterized test drawbacks
- 20:01BDD myths
- 26:31Reporting portal flaws
- 29:22TestNG vs JUnit
- 33:18TestNG risks
- 35:00Testing as engineering
- 37:07Good ideas risks
- 38:10Q&A
- 41:43Code theft vs communication
- 42:49Convincing managers
- 44:12Selenide limits
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