E2E Test Automation Anti-Pattern: Developer-Focused Approach. Part 3: Most Developers Lack Proficiency in Test Automation

It’s like an Uber driver attempting to compete in a Formula One race: they might be able to start, but there’s a high chance they won’t be able to finish it properly.

This is an article in the E2E Test Automation Anti-Pattern series.

• Part 1: It is Black-Box Testing!
• Part 2: Scripting Language, Frameworks and Tools
• Part 3: Most developers Lack Proficiency in Test Automation
• Part 4: Hard to Steer Away even after it is Proved Wrong

Many software developers probably don’t like the title of this article, as software developers tend to think “automated testing is easy”, which was what I used to think before 2005.

Disclaimer: as a Micro-ISV, I do programming as well as testing (automated).

Let’s start with some quotes from several software gurus.

Quotes from Renowned Software Figures

“In my experience, great developers do not always make great testers, but great testers (who also have…