The document discusses test automation, including its objectives, benefits, misconceptions, and what is required for effective implementation. It outlines the key steps in planning and designing a test automation strategy, including choosing the right tests to automate, selecting tools, defining requirements, designing architecture, and ensuring maintainability through standards and processes.
Software Testing Foundations Part 4 - Black Box TestingNikita Knysh
The document discusses various black box testing techniques including:
- Equivalence class partitioning which involves testing representative values from valid and invalid equivalence classes
- Boundary value analysis which checks values at the boundaries of equivalence classes
- State transition testing which designs tests based on a system's state diagram
- Cause-effect graphing and decision tables which identify test cases based on input-output dependencies
- Use case testing which designs tests based on typical user interactions described in use case diagrams
The document provides examples and best practices for applying each technique. Black box testing verifies functionality but cannot detect faults in specifications or undocumented requirements.
A test case is a set of conditions or variables under which a tester will determine whether a software system is working correctly. Test cases are often written as test scripts and collected into test suites. Characteristics of good test cases include being simple, clear, concise, complete, non-redundant, and having a reasonable probability of catching errors. Test cases should be developed to verify specific requirements or designs and include both positive and negative cases.
This document provides an overview of software testing techniques and their maturation over time. It examines the major research results that have contributed to the growth of testing as an area. The document defines testing goals and categories, including functional vs structural testing and static vs dynamic analysis. It also discusses testing at different stages of the software lifecycle from unit to system level. The technology maturation model and research paradigms framework are used to analyze how testing techniques have evolved from initial ideas to broader solutions and changes in research questions and strategies over time.
The document discusses testing for object-oriented applications. It states that testing must be broadened to include error discovery techniques applied to analysis and design models. The strategy for unit and integration testing must change significantly to account for unique OO characteristics like classes. Test cases must be designed to test classes and their interactions based on techniques like fault-based testing, class testing, scenario-based testing, random testing, and partition testing.
The document discusses various types and techniques of software testing. It defines software testing as the process of executing a program to find errors. It describes different levels of testing like unit testing, integration testing, system testing etc. It explains black box and white box testing strategies and techniques for designing test cases like equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, cause-effect graphing etc. It also discusses limitations of testing and challenges in achieving complete testing.
The document discusses various software testing techniques for object-oriented systems, including white-box testing, black-box testing, and object-oriented specific methods. It covers topics such as unit testing, integration testing, equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, and fault-based versus scenario-based testing. The overall goal is to uncover errors in classes, class collaboration, and subsystem communication through different levels of testing.
The document discusses different types of software testing. It describes unit testing, integration testing, and system testing which are grouped by the tested item. It also discusses other ways to categorize test types such as by lifecycle phase, person performing the test, usage of test results, and techniques used. Some other test types mentioned include regression testing, usability testing, load testing, security testing, and conformance testing.
This document discusses various techniques for testing software programs, including:
- Black-box testing that generates tests without knowledge of program internals based on specifications.
- Clear-box or white-box testing that generates tests from examining the program structure and flow.
- Path-based testing that aims to exercise different paths through a program to test conditions and branches.
- Data flow testing that matches variable definitions and uses to ensure values are propagated correctly.
The document summarizes various software testing techniques including:
- White-box testing techniques like cyclomatic complexity and control flow graph analysis to derive test cases.
- Black-box techniques like equivalence partitioning to divide inputs into classes and boundary value analysis to test boundary conditions.
- The goal of testing is to systematically uncover errors with minimum time by designing test cases to execute all program paths and boundary conditions.
Dynamic black-box testing involves testing software without knowledge of its internal code by entering various inputs and checking the outputs. Key aspects include reducing test cases using equivalence partitioning to group similar inputs and outputs, identifying boundary conditions, using different data values and software states to find bugs, and using exploratory testing without specifications by systematically exploring features. The document contrasts testing-to-pass with simpler cases versus testing-to-fail with more complex cases aimed at breaking the software. Equivalence partitioning is described as a way to methodically reduce the huge number of potential test cases into a smaller yet still effective set by grouping inputs and outputs that will reveal the same bugs.
Se (techniques for black box testing ppt)Mani Kanth
This document discusses techniques for black box testing software. It defines black box testing as testing software functionality without knowledge of its internal implementation or code structure. The techniques described are equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, state transition testing, graph-based testing, error guessing, and comparison testing. Equivalence partitioning divides inputs into classes based on similar outcomes to reduce test cases. Boundary value analysis focuses on edge cases rather than the full input range. State transition testing checks behavior changes between states with the same inputs. Graph-based testing visualizes the relationships between inputs and outputs. Error guessing leverages the tester's experience to find common mistakes. Comparison testing looks for differences between versions of the same software.
Software testing involves testing at different levels from the component level up to integration testing of the entire system. Different testing techniques are used at each stage including unit testing, integration testing, validation, acceptance, and performance testing. Thorough documentation of testing requirements, test cases, expected and actual results is needed to guide the testing process.
Software Testing Techniques: An Overview QA InfoTech
Are you sure you're well versed with the intricate details of the techniques involved in software testing? Via this PPT, get some insight on static and dynamic software testing techniques, white box testing, and black box testing as well stay tuned for more!
The document discusses testing and debugging software. It describes the purpose of testing as ensuring software is fit for purpose by meeting specifications and is robust and reliable. Various types of tests are described, including normal, extreme, and exceptional test data and inputs. The importance of systematic and comprehensive testing is emphasized. Debugging techniques like dry runs, trace tables, breakpoints, and watchpoints are introduced to help identify bugs in software.
This document discusses software testing techniques. It covers white box and black box testing approaches. White box testing focuses on internal workings and all paths through code. Black box testing verifies functionality and interfaces without knowing internal workings. The document also discusses techniques like basis path testing, cyclomatic complexity, equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis to derive targeted test cases.
The document discusses various topics related to quality assurance testing for software, including debugging principles, testing strategies, test cases, usability testing, and user satisfaction tests. It provides details on different types of errors like syntax, runtime, and logic errors. It also describes unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing strategies. Guidelines are provided for developing test cases, test plans, and usability tests. The importance of continuous testing and measuring user satisfaction is emphasized.
The document discusses various techniques for white box testing including static testing and structural testing. Static testing involves techniques like desk checking, code walkthroughs, and code inspections that do not require executing the code. Structural testing techniques execute the code and include unit testing, code coverage testing, and complexity testing. Code coverage criteria like statement coverage and branch coverage are discussed as ways to measure how thoroughly the code has been tested. Control flow graphs are presented as a way to represent program logic and control flow.
Integration in component based technologySaransh Garg
Integration testing involves testing interactions between system components and subsystems. Various integration testing strategies exist, such as big bang, bottom-up, top-down, and sandwich testing. Bottom-up testing tests lower level components first before integrating them into higher levels. Top-down tests higher level components first using stubs for lower levels. Sandwich testing combines top-down and bottom-up approaches. The goal of integration testing is to identify failures in component interactions and subsystems.
The document discusses software testing objectives, principles, techniques and processes. It covers black-box and white-box testing, unit and integration testing, and challenges of object-oriented testing. Testing aims to find bugs but can never prove their absence. Exhaustive testing is impossible so testing must be planned and systematic. Frameworks like xUnit can help automate unit testing.
QuickTest Pro and WinRunner are automated testing tools. WinRunner is better for testing legacy systems but is more expensive, while QuickTest Pro supports more modern technologies and platforms and has a lower cost of ownership. Both tools can automate testing and generate test scripts but have different strengths.
This document presents user interface standards for consistency across Apple applications. It aims for simplicity and integration through a common look and feel. Key elements include folders for documents, a desktop workspace, mouse selection, scrolling, and standard system fonts and controls. Outside developers are encouraged to follow these conventions to provide a consistent user experience.
This document discusses measuring the return on investment (ROI) of education marketing initiatives by universities and educational institutes. It highlights the importance of separating lead generation and student counseling processes, as both require different skills and have different economics. It notes that most online marketing contracts only incentivize vendors based on leads generated and clicks, without ensuring lead quality. The document then introduces the concept of "verified leads", where vendors would be paid per qualified lead rather than per click. This arrangement could achieve higher ROI through lower overall costs and higher conversion rates of quality leads to enrolled students. The white paper argues that a per-verified-lead payment model provides greater accountability for marketing vendors and lower risk for educational institutes.
The document discusses various statistics related to online activity and digital media. It notes that there are over 4 billion Google searches daily, and that if Facebook was a country it would be the third largest by population. It also discusses how online advertising has surpassed traditional media in spending, and how marketing is now heavily technology-driven and data-focused. The role of social media, mobile, and digital optimization are emphasized as important areas for online marketing.
The document discusses various software testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing. It provides details on test strategies for both conventional and object-oriented software. For conventional software, it describes unit testing targets, integration techniques like top-down and bottom-up integration, and regression testing. For object-oriented software, it discusses class testing and thread-based or use-based testing strategies.
This document discusses various software testing strategies and methodologies, including black box testing and white box testing. It provides details on specific techniques for each, such as unit testing, path testing, branch testing, and loop testing. The document also provides an example of constructing test cases to test a program that identifies triangle types based on side lengths.
System testing involves testing a fully integrated software application to verify it meets requirements. It is done after unit and integration testing. System testing checks interactions between components, verifies functional and non-functional requirements, and validates the architecture. Test cases cover use cases and validate all types of requirements. The system is tested as a whole in a controlled environment to check for defects before delivery.
Improving ROI and Efficiencies of Software Test Case AutomationVipul Gupta
The document discusses the benefits of automating software test cases, including achieving positive return on investment by reducing costs and time spent on testing. It introduces the iLeap test automation framework which allows for quick development and low maintenance of test suites through features like data-driven and keyword-driven testing. The document also provides an overview of Impetus Testing Services which offers test engineering consulting and automation services using approaches like iLeap.
The document discusses key aspects of successful test automation including:
1. Applying a software development process to automation to improve reliability and maintainability.
2. Improving testing processes with robust manual testing and defect management before automating.
3. Clearly defining requirements for what to automate and goals of the automation effort.
This document discusses SAP testing services provided by Technosoft. It covers why structured testing is important for SAP systems, the types of testing services offered, including testing throughout the software development lifecycle. It also describes Technosoft's testing methodology, focus on test automation, and the benefits they provide to clients.
Automation testing involves automating manual testing processes using software tools to execute test scripts and compare expected and actual results. There are different types of automation frameworks including data-driven, keyword-driven, modular, and hybrid frameworks. Implementing an automation framework involves 10 steps: identifying the testing scope and needs, evaluating tools, designing the framework, developing and populating test data, and configuring schedulers.
This document discusses how test automation can enhance product quality and accelerate time-to-revenue. It outlines Aspire's test automation services including consulting, development, execution and maintenance of automated test scripts. The document promotes Aspire's test automation framework called PropelQ and tools that integrate with development workflows to deliver quality code and reduce testing costs.
Organisations turn to Agile and DevOps to improve customer experience by maximising the speed of delivery without sacrificing quality. As the champions of quality, testers achieve this goal through continuous testing. Test Automation plays a major role in continuous testing; it is the backbone of the continuous test process. To achieve continuous testing, automation must be applied at every stage of the development process. Developing a smart automation strategy and using the right tools is critical in achieving continuous testing since test scripts must be scalable and easy to maintain.
This document discusses best practices for developing an automated testing framework. It recommends using a hybrid keyword-driven and data-driven approach to reduce scripting efforts. Some key points covered include the benefits of automation like reduced costs and increased speed/accuracy over manual testing. It also discusses factors to consider when selecting an automation tool, common challenges, and provides an example case study showing the ROI achieved through automation. Best practices emphasized include loose coupling of framework components, reuse of generic libraries, and treating framework development as a distinct project.
This prez talks about the automation benefits, usage of QTP and it's different kind of frameworks.
Also talks about the skills set required for QTP implementations.
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Objectives for Test AutomationNeeraj Kumar Singh
This is the chapter 1 of ISTQB Advance Test Automation Engineer certification. This presentation helps aspirants understand and prepare content of certification.
The document discusses test automation, including introducing automation, tools, frameworks, and strategies. It describes different types of frameworks like test script modularity, library architecture, keyword-driven, and data-driven testing. Critical factors for automation success are having management support, a robust framework, test process ownership, and skilled professionals. Risks include changes impacting scripts and lack of automation knowledge.
The Ultimate Test Automation Guide_ Best Practices and Tips.pdfkalichargn70th171
Test automation is a cornerstone of software development and quality assurance in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Its significance cannot be overstated. Businesses can enhance efficiency, productivity, and accelerate software delivery to market through automation, streamlining testing processes effectively. This comprehensive guide addresses the best practices for test automation in 2024. It offers a detailed checklist to empower you to optimize your automation efforts and maintain a competitive edge.
Everything You Need to Know About Regression Testing Automation.pdfRohitBhandari66
As software applications grow larger and more complex, comprehensive regression testing is essential to ensure existing functionality remains intact through ongoing enhancements and fixes. But lengthy manual testing efforts struggle to keep up with accelerating release cycles. This is where regression testing automation delivers game-changing benefits. Automating regression tests provides fast feedback on code changes, expands test coverage, and improves software quality.
This document discusses test automation approaches and best practices. It defines test automation as using software to perform test activities like execution and checking results. The document outlines how test automation fits into the software development lifecycle and notes that reducing manual testing and redundant tasks is key to success. It also discusses factors to consider for test automation, types of tests that can be automated, and technologies used for test automation like object-based and image-based recognition.
QA with Microsoft Test Manager and Lab ManagementRofiqi Setiawan
Plan, manage, and execute tests with Microsoft Test Manager and Lab Management in Visual Studio 2013 which will make it easier to conduct manual and automated testing across a variety of environments. This presentation covers the new exploratory testing approach offered by Microsoft Test Manager; the simplified setup and administration of Lab Management environments; and some of the other fit-and-finish features across the testing scenario.
The document provides information about LMS's software testing services. It outlines their capabilities including expertise across various domains, industries and technologies. It details their comprehensive testing methodologies, tools, templates and frameworks. It also describes their skilled workforce, alliances with tool vendors, delivery model, certifications and more. Their goal is to provide scalable, high-quality testing services to suit clients' needs.
Software Test Automation - Best PracticesArul Selvan
The document provides best practices for software test automation. It recommends treating test automation like a software development project by focusing on design, documentation, and bug tracking. It also stresses setting measurable goals, choosing the right testing tool and framework to meet automation needs, ensuring high quality test data, training a dedicated team, conducting early and frequent testing, and writing independent test cases.
Ajilon provides quality management consulting services including software testing, test automation, and performance testing. It leverages a global network of over 13,000 IT professionals across over 50 offices worldwide. Ajilon's quality management approach focuses on process improvement, increasing testing efficiency through automation, and delivering flexible resourcing options through its On Demand testing center.
Mitigating the Impact of State Management in Cloud Stream Processing SystemsScyllaDB
Stream processing is a crucial component of modern data infrastructure, but constructing an efficient and scalable stream processing system can be challenging. Decoupling compute and storage architecture has emerged as an effective solution to these challenges, but it can introduce high latency issues, especially when dealing with complex continuous queries that necessitate managing extra-large internal states.
In this talk, we focus on addressing the high latency issues associated with S3 storage in stream processing systems that employ a decoupled compute and storage architecture. We delve into the root causes of latency in this context and explore various techniques to minimize the impact of S3 latency on stream processing performance. Our proposed approach is to implement a tiered storage mechanism that leverages a blend of high-performance and low-cost storage tiers to reduce data movement between the compute and storage layers while maintaining efficient processing.
Throughout the talk, we will present experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in mitigating the impact of S3 latency on stream processing. By the end of the talk, attendees will have gained insights into how to optimize their stream processing systems for reduced latency and improved cost-efficiency.
YOUR RELIABLE WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TEAM — FOR LASTING SUCCESS
WPRiders is a web development company specialized in WordPress and WooCommerce websites and plugins for customers around the world. The company is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, but our team members are located all over the world. Our customers are primarily from the US and Western Europe, but we have clients from Australia, Canada and other areas as well.
Some facts about WPRiders and why we are one of the best firms around:
More than 700 five-star reviews! You can check them here.
1500 WordPress projects delivered.
We respond 80% faster than other firms! Data provided by Freshdesk.
We’ve been in business since 2015.
We are located in 7 countries and have 22 team members.
With so many projects delivered, our team knows what works and what doesn’t when it comes to WordPress and WooCommerce.
Our team members are:
- highly experienced developers (employees & contractors with 5 -10+ years of experience),
- great designers with an eye for UX/UI with 10+ years of experience
- project managers with development background who speak both tech and non-tech
- QA specialists
- Conversion Rate Optimisation - CRO experts
They are all working together to provide you with the best possible service. We are passionate about WordPress, and we love creating custom solutions that help our clients achieve their goals.
At WPRiders, we are committed to building long-term relationships with our clients. We believe in accountability, in doing the right thing, as well as in transparency and open communication. You can read more about WPRiders on the About us page.
Advanced Techniques for Cyber Security Analysis and Anomaly DetectionBert Blevins
Cybersecurity is a major concern in today's connected digital world. Threats to organizations are constantly evolving and have the potential to compromise sensitive information, disrupt operations, and lead to significant financial losses. Traditional cybersecurity techniques often fall short against modern attackers. Therefore, advanced techniques for cyber security analysis and anomaly detection are essential for protecting digital assets. This blog explores these cutting-edge methods, providing a comprehensive overview of their application and importance.
Coordinate Systems in FME 101 - Webinar SlidesSafe Software
If you’ve ever had to analyze a map or GPS data, chances are you’ve encountered and even worked with coordinate systems. As historical data continually updates through GPS, understanding coordinate systems is increasingly crucial. However, not everyone knows why they exist or how to effectively use them for data-driven insights.
During this webinar, you’ll learn exactly what coordinate systems are and how you can use FME to maintain and transform your data’s coordinate systems in an easy-to-digest way, accurately representing the geographical space that it exists within. During this webinar, you will have the chance to:
- Enhance Your Understanding: Gain a clear overview of what coordinate systems are and their value
- Learn Practical Applications: Why we need datams and projections, plus units between coordinate systems
- Maximize with FME: Understand how FME handles coordinate systems, including a brief summary of the 3 main reprojectors
- Custom Coordinate Systems: Learn how to work with FME and coordinate systems beyond what is natively supported
- Look Ahead: Gain insights into where FME is headed with coordinate systems in the future
Don’t miss the opportunity to improve the value you receive from your coordinate system data, ultimately allowing you to streamline your data analysis and maximize your time. See you there!
The Rise of Supernetwork Data Intensive ComputingLarry Smarr
Invited Remote Lecture to SC21
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
St. Louis, Missouri
November 18, 2021
Are you interested in dipping your toes in the cloud native observability waters, but as an engineer you are not sure where to get started with tracing problems through your microservices and application landscapes on Kubernetes? Then this is the session for you, where we take you on your first steps in an active open-source project that offers a buffet of languages, challenges, and opportunities for getting started with telemetry data.
The project is called openTelemetry, but before diving into the specifics, we’ll start with de-mystifying key concepts and terms such as observability, telemetry, instrumentation, cardinality, percentile to lay a foundation. After understanding the nuts and bolts of observability and distributed traces, we’ll explore the openTelemetry community; its Special Interest Groups (SIGs), repositories, and how to become not only an end-user, but possibly a contributor.We will wrap up with an overview of the components in this project, such as the Collector, the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP), its APIs, and its SDKs.
Attendees will leave with an understanding of key observability concepts, become grounded in distributed tracing terminology, be aware of the components of openTelemetry, and know how to take their first steps to an open-source contribution!
Key Takeaways: Open source, vendor neutral instrumentation is an exciting new reality as the industry standardizes on openTelemetry for observability. OpenTelemetry is on a mission to enable effective observability by making high-quality, portable telemetry ubiquitous. The world of observability and monitoring today has a steep learning curve and in order to achieve ubiquity, the project would benefit from growing our contributor community.
Best Practices for Effectively Running dbt in Airflow.pdfTatiana Al-Chueyr
As a popular open-source library for analytics engineering, dbt is often used in combination with Airflow. Orchestrating and executing dbt models as DAGs ensures an additional layer of control over tasks, observability, and provides a reliable, scalable environment to run dbt models.
This webinar will cover a step-by-step guide to Cosmos, an open source package from Astronomer that helps you easily run your dbt Core projects as Airflow DAGs and Task Groups, all with just a few lines of code. We’ll walk through:
- Standard ways of running dbt (and when to utilize other methods)
- How Cosmos can be used to run and visualize your dbt projects in Airflow
- Common challenges and how to address them, including performance, dependency conflicts, and more
- How running dbt projects in Airflow helps with cost optimization
Webinar given on 9 July 2024
Measuring the Impact of Network Latency at TwitterScyllaDB
Widya Salim and Victor Ma will outline the causal impact analysis, framework, and key learnings used to quantify the impact of reducing Twitter's network latency.
Paradigm Shifts in User Modeling: A Journey from Historical Foundations to Em...Erasmo Purificato
Slide of the tutorial entitled "Paradigm Shifts in User Modeling: A Journey from Historical Foundations to Emerging Trends" held at UMAP'24: 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (July 1, 2024 | Cagliari, Italy)
Quality Patents: Patents That Stand the Test of TimeAurora Consulting
Is your patent a vanity piece of paper for your office wall? Or is it a reliable, defendable, assertable, property right? The difference is often quality.
Is your patent simply a transactional cost and a large pile of legal bills for your startup? Or is it a leverageable asset worthy of attracting precious investment dollars, worth its cost in multiples of valuation? The difference is often quality.
Is your patent application only good enough to get through the examination process? Or has it been crafted to stand the tests of time and varied audiences if you later need to assert that document against an infringer, find yourself litigating with it in an Article 3 Court at the hands of a judge and jury, God forbid, end up having to defend its validity at the PTAB, or even needing to use it to block pirated imports at the International Trade Commission? The difference is often quality.
Quality will be our focus for a good chunk of the remainder of this season. What goes into a quality patent, and where possible, how do you get it without breaking the bank?
** Episode Overview **
In this first episode of our quality series, Kristen Hansen and the panel discuss:
⦿ What do we mean when we say patent quality?
⦿ Why is patent quality important?
⦿ How to balance quality and budget
⦿ The importance of searching, continuations, and draftsperson domain expertise
⦿ Very practical tips, tricks, examples, and Kristen’s Musts for drafting quality applications
https://www.aurorapatents.com/patently-strategic-podcast.html
Blockchain technology is transforming industries and reshaping the way we conduct business, manage data, and secure transactions. Whether you're new to blockchain or looking to deepen your knowledge, our guidebook, "Blockchain for Dummies", is your ultimate resource.
How RPA Help in the Transportation and Logistics Industry.pptxSynapseIndia
Revolutionize your transportation processes with our cutting-edge RPA software. Automate repetitive tasks, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency in the logistics sector with our advanced solutions.
How Social Media Hackers Help You to See Your Wife's Message.pdfHackersList
In the modern digital era, social media platforms have become integral to our daily lives. These platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat, offer countless ways to connect, share, and communicate.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Data Privacy Trends: A Mid-Year Check-InTrustArc
Six months into 2024, and it is clear the privacy ecosystem takes no days off!! Regulators continue to implement and enforce new regulations, businesses strive to meet requirements, and technology advances like AI have privacy professionals scratching their heads about managing risk.
What can we learn about the first six months of data privacy trends and events in 2024? How should this inform your privacy program management for the rest of the year?
Join TrustArc, Goodwin, and Snyk privacy experts as they discuss the changes we’ve seen in the first half of 2024 and gain insight into the concrete, actionable steps you can take to up-level your privacy program in the second half of the year.
This webinar will review:
- Key changes to privacy regulations in 2024
- Key themes in privacy and data governance in 2024
- How to maximize your privacy program in the second half of 2024
1. NYC Technology Forum Introduction to Test Automation 11/2/07 All rights reserved Not to be reproduced without permission Bill Rinko-Gay Solutions Director, Software Quality Management John Stephens Practice Director, Software Quality Management
2. Get familiarized with basic concepts of Test Automation Understand what it takes to implement effective Test Automation Introduce techniques to emphasize maintainability Objectives
4. Benefits of Automated Testing Examples Run automated tests unattended (overnight) Reliable, consistent testing Increased speed in test execution Increased test coverage
5. General Misconceptions About Automated Testing Automation is simply “record and playback” Automation is the “silver bullet” to solve all testing problems Return on Investment will be achieved immediately Automation will replace all manual test cases
6. What is Test Automation? An enhancement on manual testing Utilizes technology to provide repeatable, consistent testing of the Application Under Test (AUT) Reduces costs and time for regression testing
7. Primary Goal of Automated Testing To reduce number of tests to be run manually, not to eliminate manual testing altogether Automated Testing is an enhancement upon existing methodology and manual process
9. Challenges in Automated Testing Test Automation is a development effort! Automation is time consuming to create (and maintain, if poorly implemented) Limitations of the testing tools and developer expertise Automation of the wrong tests for the given constraints Unrealistic expectations
10. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
12. Criteria for Automating a Test Case Why Automate? Selecting the right tests to automate is very critical to effective implementation!! Repetitiveness Test Cases that are to be performed repeatedly Test Cases that are business-critical and/or high risk Criticality Tedious Test Cases that are tedious to perform manually Time Consuming Test Cases that require considerable amount of time to perform manually
13. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
14. Tool - AUT Compatibility Conduct Proof of Concept of Tool on AUT Navigate through functional areas to test Verify Object Recognition of AUT Determine whether tool selection is valid
15. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
16. Test Automation Requirements Definition The set of criteria that the automated test suite must meet to be successful - the requirements for an automation project.
17. Test Automation Requirements What are the Success Criteria for the project? Meeting the goals and objectives of the automation effort Tool capabilities Capabilities and skills of the test automation team Example Requirement: The test tool shall test the login functionality of a web application, on a Windows 2000 platform, and run unattended simultaneously on three PCs.
18. Planning for Test Automation Test Automation Requirements help drive and determine the approach and design of the implementation. Test Automation Requirements Test Automation Design/Approach
19. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
21. Automation Architecture encompasses the environment for execution and development of an automated test suite. It is the overall scheme in which the test scripts will be developed. Implement a Test Automation Architecture
24. Design Goals Evaluate feasible design options for implementation Anticipate likely changes to AUT Consider skill level of team members developing and/or inheriting the automated scripts Design of automated tests should address test automation requirements
25. Typical Design Components Subscripts Startup Script Data Table Driver Script Function Library Compiled module containing application-specific routines and functions A script that initiates automated test execution A script that performs a discrete portion of a business process to be tested A script that sets up and standardizes test automation environment Data sources (such as spreadsheets) used to store test data for use during test execution
26. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
27. Automation Test Environment Stable and isolated environment is important for reliable execution of automated tests GUI must be identical to Production
28. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
29. Test Data Strategy Create a test environment that is restorable to a known constant, such that the test cases can be repeated each time Identify the procedure required for backup and recovery of data Test Data is critical to reliable automated testing!!
30. Creating Test Data Various Methods Create test data through application by doing data entry Import test data from production environment, if available Develop automated test scripts to generate test data as prerequisite
31. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
32. Coding Standards Specify coding practices and naming conventions May be based on standards in place for project’s AUT developers
33. Test Automation Checklist Criteria for Automation Tool – AUT compatibility Test Automation Requirements Implementation Design Stable, isolated test environment Test data Implementation and coding standards Maintenance
34. Maintenance Start small and build on Build modular components Stay within scope of automation requirements Adhere to defined standards and conventions Emphasize robustness and flexibility
35. Maintenance Must be a good tester Has programming background Must be aware of maintenance and reliability Must be motivated to develop and create automated test scripts Building an Automation Test Team Ideal characteristics of an Automation Engineer:
36. Get familiarized with basic concepts of Test Automation Understand what it takes to implement effective Test Automation Introduce techniques to emphasize maintainability Learning Objectives Revisited