Second Session: Articles on Spock Testing Framework, Automation Challenges, Backend CI/CD, AI‑Driven UI Testing, and HarmonyOS App Automation

1. Introduction to the Spock Unit‑Testing Framework and Its Practice at Meituan Select – Unit testing sits at the base of the testing pyramid, delivering the greatest benefit; Spock leverages Groovy’s dynamic features, offering expressive tags and a simple, structured language that makes test code concise and efficient.

2. Why Is Our Automation Testing Not Taking Off? – Automation testing adoption remains a hot topic; while successes are shared, failures are often blamed or ignored. This article analyses the root causes of poor automation rollout from both tester and organizational perspectives, offering reflections for teams attempting or planning automation.

3. Backend Automated Testing and Continuous Deployment Practices – Test‑left is a core DevOps practice; by executing large numbers of effective automated tests early, quality feedback is obtained sooner. The article details how improving testability, automation, CI, and CD can achieve high‑quality, continuous, automated deployment of backend micro‑services.

4. Intelligent Testing Practice – UI Defect Detection – AI‑driven testing is emerging as a new direction; by using intelligent methods to enhance test path generation, data diagnostics, and assertion accuracy, teams tackle UI anomalies such as blank screens, overlapping text, and missing images, with case studies on image‑missing and text‑overlap defects.

5. HarmonyOS Application Automation Testing Practice – After two years of release, HarmonyOS has a growing ecosystem with over 200 million devices. This article examines how Appium, a powerful mobile automation tool, supports automated testing of HarmonyOS applications.