Experience Report: Web UI Automation - Louise Gibbs

Summary

Watch Louise Gibbs' Experience Report on Web UI Automation from Test.bash('Online'): 2020

Application

The application for this challenge is Restful Booker Platform. More about the application is available here. You can also ask questions related to the application there.

Complete these challenges using any tooling of your choice.

Beginner:

Create an automated test that completes the contact us form on the homepage, submits it, and asserts that the form was completed successfully.

Intermediate:

Create an automated test that reads a message on the admin side of the site.

You’ll need to trigger a message in the first place, login as admin, open that specific message and validate its contents.

Advanced:

Create an automated test where a user successfully books a room from the homepage.

You’ll have to click ‘Book this Room’, drag over dates you wish to book, complete the required information and submit the booking.

Louise Gibbs

Senior Automation Tester

Louise is a Senior Automation Tester at PebblePad. Her main job is to review and maintain the automated tests that are run overnight, and investigate the causes of any failures. She has also worked for companies in the e-commerce, scientific research and automotive industries, and runs a personal blog at louisegibbstest.wordpress.com, where she talks about her experiences as a software tester. She enjoys improving her testing skills and her main method for achieving this is by speaking to other Testers and discussing ideas.