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Your automation is only as good as the person using it. Max Kolotilkin Automation Engineer @ Wix. About Wix. Wix in Numbers. 40,000,000 Users Adding over 1,000,000 new users each month 3 Data centers + 2 clouds (Google AE, Amazon) Around 300 servers
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Your automation is only as good as the person using it Max Kolotilkin Automation Engineer @ Wix
Wix in Numbers • 40,000,000 Users • Adding over 1,000,000 new users each month • 3 Data centers + 2 clouds (Google AE, Amazon) • Around 300 servers • Static storage is over 200TB of data • Adding over 1TB of files every day • Over 450 people work at Wix • ~150 people in the R&D • 400 deployments a month • Continuous delivery
The Automation Way • Automation is a major player in continuous delivery processes • It is a huge discipline with an unlimited amount of possible approaches • Helps not only QA, but other company’s divisions as well
The Automation Way A lot of the automation projects are not being used as commonly as expected • Necessity • Stability • Writing\running times • Maintenance etc.’ It all comes down to usability of your automation project
The Automation Way How can we make sure that users are really gaining from your automation project ?
The Automation Way • User Oriented Implementation • Ease of use • Keeping your automation alive
User oriented implementation • What are your goals? • In most cases you can find a lot of value automating a process • What are your trying to achieve ? • The Human factor • Understand their day to day work • Understand their needs
User oriented implementation • Technology • Agile implementation • Don’t be afraid of changes • Provide “rapid value” to the users • Get feedback – make the user part of the development process • Build your test project correctly
Make your automation easy to use • Understandable automation • Accessibility • Basic common means of analysis • Automate the triggering process
Keep your automation project alive • Keeps your tests valid • Maintenance • Availability • Support Be there for your users, don’t leave them hanging
If you write it…. They will come !