Automation Testing Presentation

1. Automation Testing Presentation Phil Hunter Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

2. Contents • Introduction • What is test automation and why is it useful? • Choosing the right automation tool • Using an automation tool to automate the task • Summary • Questions? Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

3. Introduction Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

4. Introduction • Automation Task • Advise how best to automate test the Incident Form • Goal of the presentation • Show how I chose the correct automation tool • Show how I would use that tool to test the Incident Form Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

5. What is Test Automation? Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

6. What is Test Automation? • “Test automation is using software to control the execution of tests and comparing the actual outcomes against expected outcomes”- Automated Defect Prevention (Huizinga +Kolawa) • 2 main types: • Code-driven Testing (Unit, Performance, Load) • GUI Testing (Functional) Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

7. What is Test Automation • Where does automation come in? • Manual Testing • Test requirements gathering and analysis • Test Plan • Test Design • Test Implementation and Execution • Defects reporting and tracking • Test Closure Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

8. Why is it useful? Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

9. Why is it useful? • Even with the best manual testing processes bugs can still creep in and often reappear • Automated software testing is the best way to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and coverage of testing the software Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

10. Why is it Useful? • Saves time and money • Reduces time in repeating tests manually (Regression Testing) • Automated tests can repeatedly at no additional cost • Time saved translates into money saved • Improves accuracy • Testers can make mistakes (tired, monotonous) • Automated tests perform same steps precisely each time and never forget to record detailed results Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

11. Why is it Useful? • Increases test coverage • Increases depth and scope • Can look inside application (see memory contents, data tables, file contents, internal program states) and see if they behave as expected • Can execute thousands different complex test cases during every test run • Testers freed from repetitive manual testing so they have more time to create new automated tests to add to existing automated tests Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

12. Why is it Useful? • Does what manual testing cannot • Can simulate tens to thousands of virtual users interacting with the network, software or application • Helps developers and testers • Developers can catch problems before sending application to testers (automated unit testing) • Saves developers time and increases confidence • Improves team morale • Removes repetitive tasks and frees up time for more challenging and rewarding projects and tasks Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

13. Choosing the Right Automation Tool Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

14. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • List of automated tools • HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) • HP Quick Test Professional (QTP) • Visual Studio Test Professional • Selenium • Watir • Watij • Rational Functional Tester • TestComplete Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

15. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • Selenium, Watir, Watij • Web based testing tools • Visual Studio Test Professional • Has record/playback feature • Used for applications development in Visual Studio/ .NET • Hard to edit the automation once completed • VS Premium + Ultimate more effective but more costly Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

16. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Rational Functional Tester • Mainly limited to functional testing • Better tools available for price • Other tools more highly recommended Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

17. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • HP Quick Test Professional vsTestComplete • Showdown Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

18. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • QTP (Advantages) • 50% market share • Mainly Functional automation • Record/Playback feature • Supports testing of mobile, web based and desktop applications, Windows, web services and databases • Descriptive programming a big bonus (not justified in cost) Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

19. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • QTP (Disadvantages) • Only uses VBScript • High cost Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

20. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • TestComplete (Advantages) • Affordable and significantly cheaper per license than QTP • Flexible switching between applications (e.g. from web to .NET to Java) in single script session • Reliable • Supports Data Driven Testing • Allows Object Mapping • Organise tests into multi-level trees • Strong User community • Easy to learn Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

21. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • Supports 5 scripting languages (VBScript, Jscript, DelphiScript, C++Script, C#Script) • Supports different testing methods (Unit, Functional, Regression, Keyword, Web testing, distributed, load, coverage, data-driven, manual) • Supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (both 32-bit and 64-bit editions • TestComplete (Disadvantages) • Didn’t integrate with HP TestDirector or Quality Center though there is a new beta version released that does integrate Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

22. Choosing the Right Automation Tool • HP Quick Test Professional vsTestComplete • Showdown Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

23. Choosing the Right Automation Tool Winner- TestComplete Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

24. Using Automation Tool to Automate the Task Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

25. Using Automation Tool to Automate the Task • Task - How to automate test the incident form • Use existing Test Cases to create automation tests • Use the GUI Record/Playback feature • Known as Keyword Testing • Keyword Tests can be edited using Keyword Test Editor • Visualisor Panel shows screenshots in Keyword Test Editor which can be clicked on and edited • Keyword tests arranged into test cases and test cases into test suites Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

26. Using Automation Tool to Automate the Task • Keyword TestLog records everything that happened in the test • Any new functionality can be added to already existing automated tests by creating and adding more keyword tests using keyword test editor • Checkpoints are used in keyword tests for verifying data (expected/actual outcomes) • Checkpoints use data-driven testing (uses external data sources to input range of data values; useful for increasing test coverage) Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

27. Using Automation Tool to Automate the Task • Operations are actions performed during Keyowrd Tests • Organised into categories (logging, test, checkpoint) and each of them has a number of associated operations (e.g. property checkpoint, log message, compare files, data driven loop etc) • Wizards help with operations (e.g. checkpoint wizard helps with property checkpoint, table checkpoint, web service checkpoint etc) • Object references Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

28. Using Automation Tool to Automate the Task Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

29. Summary Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

30. Summary • Introduction • What is test automation and why is it useful? • Choosing the right automation tool • Using automation tool to automate the task Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation

31. Questions? Phil Hunter - Automation Presentation