Koushik DasEngineer | Author | Innovator | Start-Up Enthusiast

Making mobile test automation more agile and supporting localization testing

Mobile test automation has a few unique challenges that need to be addressed for the test automation strategy to be effective (increased coverage + high defect discovery + near sprint development),

In this presentation, we will explore the key elements of the mobile test automation strategy. We will find the answers to the below questions:

• How to organize your framework components for faster turnaround of test scripts?
• How to use BDD testing more effectively for near sprint development?
• Mobile page objects – pros and cons of using singletons.
• How to automate tests that involve app upgrade and downgrade?
• How to automate language testing for a multilingual app in both Android and iOS?
• emulator/simulator, device cloud and real devices – pros and cons

Koushik Das is an IT Professional with 21 years’ hands on experience in designing and developing Enterprise Automation Frameworks, Quality Planning and Management (India and USA) and 2 years’ experience in Training, Business Development and Social Enterprise Concept Development (UAE). He is author of highly reviewed book on Test Automation Framework development with Appium (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-8197-0) and research paper on User driven online games in IJSTR – https://www.ijstr.org/final-print/aug2021/A-Proposed-Software-Architecture-Of-User-Driven-Online-Game.pdf

Koushik started his career in 2000 as a software engineer in Satyam Computer Services Ltd (now Tech Mahindra). Over the next 2 decades he assumed the roles of Sr. Engineer, Tech Lead, Manager and Automation Architects in various MNCs. Currently he is working at a global US medical devices and health care company as an Automation Architect. In these roles, he:

• Designed and developed enterprise level test automation frameworks capable of Web, Mobile and API testing and integrated with various test data management solutions like HP-ALM, IBM-ETM and Jira
• Enhanced test automation framework to enable component level testing in event driven architecture(EDA) by testing pub/sub messages.
• Setup daily batch run and enabled test automation integration with Kobiton, SeeTest, Browserstack and Test Grid private cloud for running tests in cloud devices.
• Was responsible for non-product validations like framework tools, Charles-Proxy for resiliency testing.

Koushik started his entrepreneurial journey in 2012 with the launch of an education tech company in Dubai. He is currently a founder of TestSprint360 (https://testsprint360.com) Inc. launched in Aug 2023 with a mission to enable small and large software development firms implement test automation at the speed of agile through a game changing low code/no code test automation tool.

Koushik has a BE(Electronics & Communication Engineering) from NIT, Durgapur (India) and MBA in General Administration from Hult IBS (Dubai home campus). His LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/daskoushik