Anti-patterns and smells in test automation

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Covers common anti-patterns and "test smells" in test automation: how problematic code, test cases and processes manifest, how to distinguish different smells and why misuse of good practices or ad-hoc adaptations make things worse. Describes concrete examples of popular problems and gives approaches to eliminate these smells and improve automation quality.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:31Test automation anti-patterns
3. 4:02Isolated automation
4. 6:32Manual automation risks
5. 8:39Over-automation frameworks
6. 13:58Test smells classification
7. 15:24Unclear test consequences
8. 18:57One-off test problems
9. 22:50Code clutter comments
10. 26:41Excessive test setup
11. 28:04Test dependencies
12. 29:50Assertion problems
13. 33:52Silent assertions danger
14. 34:12Avoiding test smells
15. 44:10Q&A

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