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Automating All the Things with FinalBuilder

18 lessons 5 sections

The videos of this course are coming soon. The curriculum is below.

Readable, Maintainable Automation Scripts with FinalBuilder on Windows

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Curriculum

Section 1

Introduction

2 lessons

  1. Why FinalBuilder?
  2. Getting Around FinalBuilder (Demo)

Section 2

Iterations and Variables

7 lessons

  1. The First Script - Relativity and Variables
  2. Variables that Contain Variables
  3. Iterating over Files
  4. Fixing the Empty Line - Appending To Variables
  5. Using the Debugger
  6. Downloading a Web Page & Using Literal Variables
  7. Making Variable Access Faster with Typing

Section 3

Flow Control & Error Handling

5 lessons

  1. Reusable Action Lists and Action Groups
  2. Global Error Handling
  3. Local Error Handling: Try-Catch-Finally Blocks
  4. Speed Things Up with Parallel Async Actions
  5. Invoking Other FinalBuilder Projects

Section 4

Advanced Customization

2 lessons

  1. Useful General and Runtime Action Properties
  2. Custom Action Scripts in Powershell & Javascript

Section 5

Orchestrating FinalBuilder with a CI System

2 lessons

  1. Invoking FinalBuilder from TFS/MSBuild
  2. Invoking FinalBuilder From TeamCity