What Is On Test Automation and Who Runs It?

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On Test Automation (ontestautomation.com) is the personal site of Bas Dijkstra, a test automation trainer and consultant based in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The site presents his training, consulting, and mentoring work, along with a blog, a weekly newsletter, and a list of upcoming speaking events. It is not a software product or a tool you install — it is a professional services and content site for engineering teams that want faster, more useful feedback from their automated tests.

What the Site Is For

The site's stated purpose is to help engineering teams "get more valuable feedback from their test automation, faster." Its framing is that testing exists to inform a team about the state of the product and about problems users might hit, and that test automation is the means to get that feedback quickly.

A key point the site makes is that this outcome does not come from tool choice or test volume alone. It depends on deciding what to test, how to test it, and how the resulting feedback feeds decisions. That is the problem the site positions itself around.

Who Runs It

Bas Dijkstra describes 20 years of experience in software testing and test automation. According to the site, he has worked with teams and organizations worldwide to improve testing practices, solve technical challenges, and get more value from existing automated tests. He is based in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

Services Offered

The site lists three engagement formats:

Format What it covers, per the site
Hands-on training Practical training delivered with teams
Consulting Working on real problems in the team's own context, including test automation strategy and improving an existing test suite
Mentoring Building skills so teams keep improving after the engagement ends

The site says engagements can range from developing a test automation strategy to improving an existing suite to exploring new approaches, with a stated focus on "practical, lasting results."

Content and Ways to Follow

  • Blog — available via RSS feed.
  • Weekly newsletter — sign-up is offered on the site.
  • Upcoming events — the site lists where Bas is facilitating or speaking. As of the site's current content, these include a keynote at CypressConf (online, October 20–22, 2026, in English) and a keynote plus workshop at Taqelah Testing Conference (Singapore, March 4–5, 2027, in English), with topics to be determined.
  • Contact — a "Get in touch" link and a "Let's talk" prompt for teams interested in working together.

Who It Suits

This site is a reasonable starting point if you are:

  • A team lead or engineering manager whose automated tests are slow, noisy, or not informing decisions, and you want outside help.
  • Someone looking for training or mentoring in test automation rather than a tool comparison.
  • A reader who wants to follow test automation thinking through a blog, newsletter, or conference talk.

It is less relevant if you are looking for a downloadable framework, a hosted testing platform, or pricing information — the site describes services and content but does not publish rates or package details. For those, the practical next step is the "Get in touch" link on the site.