Expect to Inspect – Performing Code Inspections on Your Automation

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Expect to Inspect – Performing Code Inspections on Your Automation

Breaking news! Automation development is software development. Yeah, it’s true. Even if we are using a drag-and-drop or record-and-playback interface to create that automation, somewhere, in the stack, under the hood, or behind the curtain, there is code sequenced by our actions. We must start treating our automation endeavors as software development endeavors, lest we end up in a quagmire of unsustainability and early project death.

One beneficial tactic used in software development is to have a different team member look for issues and risks in newly written or modified code; we call this a code inspection or code review. Much as a proofreader or editor will provide feedback on a book or article, code inspectors review and analyze areas of the code that may benefit from rework, such as supportability, readability, extensibility, and issues or risks of issues.

In this session, Paul Grizzaffi explains why we should do code inspections for our automation software, how these investigations for automation can differ from those for product software, and real-life issues found during these reviews.

Key Takeaways

• Automation development is software development.
• Think of an inspection as a 'second set of eyes'.
• Let business value drive how code is inspected.
• There are tools to help with inspection-related activities.
• Examples of what a code inspection finds.

About the Speaker

As a Senior Automation Architect at Vaco, Paul Grizzaffi is following his passion for providing technology solutions to testing, QE, and QA organizations, including automation assessments, implementations, and through activities benefiting the broader testing community. An accomplished keynote speaker and writer, Paul has spoken at both local and national conferences and meetings. He is an advisor to Software Test Professionals and STPCon, as well as a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Advanced Research Center for Software Testing and Quality Assurance (STQA) at UT Dallas where he is a frequent guest lecturer. When not spouting 80s metal lyrics, Paul enjoys sharing his experiences and learnings from other testing professionals; his mostly cogent thoughts can be read on his blog https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/.

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