Jugaadu Automation - The Real Desi Test Automation Story by Rahul Verma

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JugaadU Automation
The Real DESI test Automation Story
Rahul Verma
Testing researcher. Teacher. Technologist.
Founder – Test Mile.
CTO @ Verity Software, Community Proxy @ STeP-IN Forum
जुगाड़ू
Finds A Way. Some Way. Any Way.

© 2017-18 Test Mile® Software Testing www.TestMile.comRahul verma
Who am I ?
A student of software testing.
I am guilty of doing Jugaad.
But, I moved on.

In my line of work as a consultant,
I review
Test automation implementations.
Here are some honest findings.

Most Test
Automation
Engineers
Tooling
Experts
This small dot
is designers
Skill Ratio I observed
Minimal
Programming
& Tooling
knowledge
Jugaad
Automation.
Know tools and
programming
very well.
Poor at
Design.

Where do I fit in ?
My primary focus is Applied OOAD in test automation.
I work with programmers and toolsmiths
and help them in design aspects.
In the process, I’m learning a bit of tooling.
I’m not a great designer. It’s just that I have looked
at lots and lots of code in last decade.

Most Test
Automation
Engineers
Tooling
Experts
Typical Code Reduction
80-95%
40-50%

These numbers are shocking.
Borderline unbelievable.

The Primary Reason is
JugaadU Code

Jugaad is A Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi word.
In punjabi it has several meanings.
Peter rehdaa is called jAgaad.
It means a Bad/Quick/Illegal solution.
It means (just/some how) surviving
It also refers to an illicit affair J
Breaking news! We really fooled oxford dictionary.
ਘੜu$ਕਾ ਜਗਾੜ ਪੀਟਰ ਰ-ਹੜਾ
ਭ01ਡ

A recent reincarnation
of Jugaad
ਮਰ0ਤਾ जुगाड़

OXford Dictionary Defines Jugaad as:
A FlExible approach to problem solving that uses
limited resources in an innovative way
They really make it sound amazing J

If Jugaad is so positive, Why
No Linked-In Tester Profile headline is
Jugaadu Tester ?
NO job opening readS
Jugaadu Tester ?
No Company Profile says
We specialize in JugaadU Testing ?
I Wonder is it because of the money we demand?

So, My Definition of jugaad
For Testing industry:
A Temporary Fix
That often becomes permanent
And is created with
lack of serious work
despite all resources available
Often presented with pride
And measured by number of
WTFs/minute by reviewers
Beta, WTF?

JugaadU Code
Is code written
With complete/utter disregard
For design, robustness, performance
And often serves
its core functionality
With compromised quality
assertEquals(true, true);

Code written with lack of knowledge looks like jugaad code
The question is for how long you keep writing such code?
How long are You ok with lack of tooling and coding knowledge?
This is real:
A 10 yr+ experience Test automation Lead
says:
“I don’t know String formatting in Java”
Really?!!!! Do you think he would have survived as a developer?

Once
JugaadU Code
Is appreciated
There is no coming back.
It is addictive
Reference: https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Jugaad-Is-Not-Really-A-Solution-But-A-Problem-In-Itself
चलता है!

Jugaad encourages an attitude of
Shortcuts
And
Evasions
- Raghuram Rajan, Ex-Governor, RBI

•  Jugaad solutions are assemblies of borrowed parts
•  Not always the best solutions
•  Very little original innovation
•  Rather unsafe, inefficient, unaestahatically designed, even illegal, fatal
•  Main motivation is economic consideration
•  Breach ip rights
•  Tend to fall apart sooner than they should
•  Jugaad Thrives in environments which are harsh, politically & economically
unstable with poor infrastructure and inadequate access to Finance and skilled
human resources.
•  Jugaad as opposed to innovation is pseudo-original problem thinking.
•  Jugaad solutions are not designed to please the customers.
From: Understanding Jugaad: MultiDisciplinary approach, Project Report IIT KanpuR, 2016

Those small jugaads
which you laughed about
Which were called innovative
Which were encouraged
Which were considered cheap...
Finally add-up
And aren’t funny any more.
And aren’t cheap any more.
And are too risky.

Jugaad stories which the intellectuals don’t write about
The fire tragedy at make in india event in 2016
A Large Pharma company – jugaad test data
And many more…
And
Which Coffee do you think
These intellectuals
Sip in their ac office
while they
Write these Jugaad stories?
The Jugaadu Hypocrites

Indians don’t own the copyright to
Funny
Inventions
So, stop being proud of jugaad.
They are good jokes.
You got too serious.
There are better ways to think & Talk
about indovation.
珍道具
Chindōgu
Difference?
The Word means Unusual/ weird tool.
IT is the Art
Of developing solutions
That look ideal
But are useless

Some Real desi Jugaad Stories
Comment snapshots are added for your entertainment from around the world
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/184618/what-is-the-best-comment-in-source-code-you-have-ever-encountered

the 38000+ Lines Test Runner
(And equally large other cousins)
Analysis of Jugaad
•  No Test Engine
•  For loop with hardcoded method calls

The Same 16 Copies
A tester had two kids.
Ctrl+c, Ctrl+V
Analysis of Jugaad
•  No OOAD
•  No Parameterization
•  For each change, create a copy and call it same.

The spreadsheet IDE
And a beautiful slide deck
Analysis of Jugaad
•  KDT Overdone
•  Code in Excel Sheets
•  In One case, this code was used to generate C# code files
using string formatting and then compiled and run.

The Google Re-searcher
because searching is researching.
Especially when searching again and again
Analysis of Jugaad
•  Search google/stackoverflow. Find the first 1-2 links
•  Copy paste the code. Don’t bother to model it.
•  Multiple excel readers, ini readers, csv readers etc.

The Deleted Assertions
or
comment -> run -> report -> Uncomment
Analysis of Jugaad
•  Complete misunderstanding of purpose of test automation
•  Making tests pass is made the goal
•  Anything interferring with this goal is killed.

The repeater
Analysis of Jugaad
•  Resources are read once per test
•  E.g. an excel Data file containing data for all tests is read
on a per-test basis.

…
I reached out to community to ask their
stories ...

•  The sleeping tester
•  The Now syndrome
•  the Never fail attitude
•  The appraisal code
•  The code puzzle
Thanks to nishant kashyap
for these stories

Test Automation
Is not meant for
failed developers
or
Testers who don’t know testing
Or
Testers who can write ‘some’ code

I came across an argument in favor of jugaad:
“If it is applied with a proper intent, at a place that’s right,
and at the right time …. Jugaad can be magical” *
I agree. But that’s called engineering, not jugaad.
* I’m not acknowledging the Writer for this quote, as i did not get response for my request to quote with name. You can think of him as a person I respect.
जुगाड़ूX

A blank File is better code than
bad code.
Say No to Jugaad.
And No. All Indian innovative
solutions are not jugaad. Stop
labeling them as such to justify
jugaad.
जुगाड़ूX
You might find this hashtag
about india amusing
#JugaadNation*
I don’t.
Mangalyaan was not
A jugaad.
#JugaadNation was not A passionate Indian creating a hashtag and
it getting viral. It was a mareketing campaign for Near.in services
superstore. Sulekha, rightfully put an advertisement to challenge
it #AntiJugaad

Don’t turn
A coping mechanism
Into a philosophy
– Dheeraj Sinha
Thanks
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-verma-india/
https://twitter.com/rahul_verma
And as the #NoShortcuts Exide Life
insurance ad says:
Finds Ways. Evaluate ways. Choose a way.
Keep finding. Reiterate.

Picture and code snapshot Credits
http://blog.bedandchai.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fork-belt-jugaad-1.jpg
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