Beyond Code: When AI Speaks Your Language in Testing

CQAA March 2025

Beyond Code: When AI Speaks Your Language in Testing

About the Topic

This presentation demonstrates how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and AI transform test automation by eliminating coding barriers. A near total elimination of page object models allows anyone to describe user actions like "Click Add to Cart" to create automated tests. This shifts test creation from programmers to Business Analysts and manual testers.

Generative AI not only creates test suites but intelligently maintains tests as applications evolve. AI validates images contain expected results and describes issues in detail. Self-healing capability allows tests to adapt to GUI changes through context rather than rigid selectors, eliminating complex xPath and CSS locators.

The future is today with Plain English syntax and AI reducing maintenance needs. This hybrid approach follows the Pareto Principle: non-technical users can create 90% of test cases from step descriptions alone, letting QA engineers focus on 10% of specialized scenarios requiring coded solutions.

The outcome? Reduced maintenance increases test coverage with improved reliability through AI-powered automation.

Key Learning Objective

• Understand how simple English statements allow test creation, including relative element location, making test automation accessible to non-programmers.
• Learn how AI's self-healing capabilities dramatically reducing test maintenance overhead allowing for more test analysis time to uncover defects faster.
• See how AI can not only generate test suites, it now validate results in images and give detailed descriptions of the issues.

About the Speaker

Paul Grossman is a published co-author of "Enhanced Test automation with WebdriverIO". He is also a framework architect, automation project manager and User Experience consultant. Over 25 years he has worked with testRigor, Selenium and UFT/QTP. He advocates for both coded and low-code solutions, sharing tips for SDETs. He hosts two fun sandbox eCommerce Halloween themed sites: https://www.candymapper.com (GoDaddy) and https://www.candymapper.net (WIX) that encourages novice automation engineers to hone their automation skills. You can also watch his impossible automation experiments on https://www.youtube.com/PaulGrossmanTheDarkArtsWizard

Registration

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS PROGRAM.

Please register by March 17th, 2025 at www.cqaa.org.

If you have any questions, please contact info@cqaa.org.

Date: Wednesday, March 19th 2025, from 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location
Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/98331170673?pwd=6OdJpXpJehVVLsB7wszV6pxBWg5aks.1