Project: Test Autmation with Selenium
During the start-up phase at PaperG, our team of ten developers relied on a single manual QA person, creating a significant bottleneck in our release process.
To address this, I advocated for and led the development the company’s first automated testing framework. After researching the available options, I chose Java and Selenium for their ease of installation and flexibility. This framework enabled developers to run basic regression tests on their own machines, reducing the likelihood new features being rejected during QA.
Although developers were hesitant to write their own tests, I successfully negotiated a change in my role to focus on developing additional tests. This alleviated the workload of our sole QA person, allowing them to concentrate on more exploratory testing. This resulted a smoother development cycle and a greater focus on identifying regressions in production.