1. Let the automation in!
   1. What?
      1. might
         1. Logs processing
      2. should
         1. End-to-end functional tests
            1. API
            2. UI
         2. Business critical checks
         3. Test data setup
      3. must
         1. Environment setting
         2. Routines
   2. When?
2. Environment setup automation
   1. Tools:
      1. SSH, Kitty
      2. Console text editing: vim, nano
   2. *nix shell scripting / it’s variant for Windows: Cygwin
      1. OS and FS
         1. permissions
         2. Listing files
            1. ls
         3. Copying, moving, creating folders/files
         4. Disk space
         5. htop and processes management
      2. grep
      3. permissions
      4. | > sed
      5. *.sh files: creating and executing
   3. Databases: SQL
      1. select
      2. join
   4. Python as a scripting tool
      1. Installation: pip, packages
      2. iPython - interactive command line
      3. Log file processing
      4. Simple results reporting
3. Web ent-to-end functional testing
   1. IDE
      1. Pycharm
   2. API:
      1. REST
         1. JSON
         2. POST, PUT, GET, DELETE
      2. SOAP
         1. XML and WSDL
         2. with SOAP UI
         3. with Python
   3. UI:
      1. Selenium IDE
      2. Webdriver
         1. with Python and pytest:
            1. pytest-variables
            2. pytest-html
            3. pytest- selenium
         2. Page object pattern
4. Semi-automation steps
   1. strings
      1. big-list-of-naughty-strings
      2. Bugmagnet
         1. with your own config
   2. Selenium IDE
      1. Record/playback “magic”
      2. It’s problems
      3. DOM
      4. Locators
      5. Tools to identify locator: Firepath,
   3. Bookmarklets
   4. Notepad++
5. Mobile testing
   1. Network Latency / Packet Loss
   2. Parallel Connections
   3. Testing in Real Environments and Users
   4. Background Activity
   5. Updates