Learning software testing with Test Studio : embark on the exciting journey of test automation, execution, and reporting in Test Studio with this practical tutorial / Rawane Madi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madi, Rawane.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software--Testing.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Madi Rawane: Rawane Madi has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and around five years of experience in software testing and automation. She started her career as a Quality Control Engineer at a multinational company that provides both web and Windows applications' solutions. She is a holder of the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification and the author for article reviews on automated testing tools published online on DevPro.

Summary:

Learning Software Testing with Test Studio is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you get started with Test Studio to design your automated solution and tests. All through the book, there are best practices and tips and tricks inside Test Studio which can be employed to improve your solution just like an experienced QA.If you are a beginner or a professional QA who is seeking a fast, clear, and direct to the point start in automated software testing inside Test Studio, this book is for you. You should be familiar with the .NET framework, mainly Visual Studio, C#, and SQL, as the book's examples rely on them. Prior testing knowledge will also be helpful.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Testing concepts

Test case

Executing a test case

The exit criteria

The pesticide paradox

Element recognition

Testing phases

Testing techniques

Test Studio uncovered through the chapters

Approach

Setting up your environment

File Comparer application

Reports

Additional files

Other reference sources

Chapter 2: Automating Functional Tests

Getting started with automation

Where does automation fit best?

Test strategies

Capture and playback

Data-driven architecture

Keyword-driven architecture

About Test Studio

Supported technologies

Architecture

Functional test automation

Recording an automated test

Record and playback

Editing tests

Translators and verification steps

Inserting a verification step

Test Studio's built-in log

Custom logging

Code refactoring

Automated test case design

Using tests as steps

Logical branching

Extracting values to variables

Additional automation tweaks in the code

Functional random keyword-driven tests

Test execution settings and debugging

Syntax errors

Execution errors

Execution settings

Debugging

Integration with Visual Studio

Summary

Chapter 3: Data-driven Tests

Data-driven testing architecture

Binding tests to data sources

Excel data source binding

Importing an Excel data source

Binding columns to Excel columns

Data-driven verification

Data-driven verification binding

CSV data binding

Editing a data source

Logging the test metadata

XML data source binding

Importing an XML data source

Binding columns to XML attributes

Database binding

A non data-driven test comprising a data-driven test.

Creating parent and child tests

A data-driven test comprising a non data-driven test

Creating child tests

A data-driven test comprising another data-driven test

Creating parent and child tests

Chapter 4: Maintaining Test Elements

Automation element recognition

The element repository

Adding elements

The recorder toolbar DOM Explorer

Forming the element repository

Filtering options

3D Viewer Element Adding and Verification

Finding locators

Using the chained expression

The Find class

The Element factory

Chapter 5: Manual Testing

Manual Testing

Manual tests

Excel integration

Adding existing tests

Hybrid tests

Refactor tests

Repository maintenance

Test execution

Data binding

Transitioning to automated tests

Versioning

Tailor tests in Test Studio

Decision tables

State transition diagrams

Chapter 6: Test Lists and Reports

Test suites

Creating test lists

Lists

Dynamic lists

Executing test lists

Dynamic list automatic update

Test list settings

Specialized test list settings

Reporting

Result integration

Visual Studio report integration

SQL integration

Submitting to SQL

Excel Charts

List result comparison

Chapter 7: Performance Testing

Performance testing

Performance time measurements

Performance testing in Test Studio

How it works

Performance test planning and execution

The planning phase

The implementation phase

The execution and analysis phase

Chapter 8: Load Testing

Load testing

Measurements

Load testing in Test Studio

Load test planning and execution

Planning and design phase

Execution and analysis phase.

Database reporting

Chapter 9: Mobile Testing

iOS testing inside Test Studio

Requirements

Deployment

Simulator

Automating tests

Creating tests

Execution

Testing on the device

Debugging tests

Test elements

Wait on elements

Locating elements

Web portal

Registering an application

Testing

Contributors

Feedback and crash reports

Configuring settings

The Feedback option

Crash reports

Data management

Database backup actions

Database restore actions

Chapter 10: Tips and Tricks

Introduction

Maintainability

Making a test work for both data-driven and hardcoded input

Extension libraries

Data-driven design

Parameterizing the find element's expressions

Variables

Passing variables between tests

Appendix: Configuring BugNet

Creating user accounts

Creating a project

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 8, 2013).

ISBN:

9781849688918

1849688915

OCLC:

861536971