How others do Automated Testing

CA Plex Track - 3:15pm-4:00pm Wednesday, November 13, 2013

George Jeffcock

Introducing – Black/Grey/White box automated testing– Free / Open source initiative / Register to down load group model– Don’t expect Bells and Whistles– Expect to control the execution of tests and the comparison of actual

outcomes to predicted outcomes.

Go to www.stellatools.com– Model API – AutoTestBox– Tricks and Tips

Agenda

Overview of Automated Testing Overview of technical solution Demo using \Documents\CA\Plex\X.X\Samples\Library Books Limitations – Wish List Q&A

Outline

“Why Automate Testing?” could be written as “Why test?” http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+automate+testing Anecdotal

– Knowledge Transfer “How do I test this function” “What data do I need to pass this function” “What is this function used for”

– Documentation– File Changes– Improves Error Handling

Overview of Automated Testing

http://www.stellatools.com/autotestbox

Issue How to support calling java, winc, winnt, rpg, .net (Dynamic fnc call) Parameter Marshalling Support Versions Support multiple database connections

Solution Power of CA Plex: ability of WinC to call all platforms and Dynamic Partitioning WinC stub/wrapper or Runtime source Dedicated database – Fnc Interface– Tests (4 hierarchical design: Suite / Case / Test / Step)– Input data– Record predicated outcome vs actual outcome

Overview of technical solution

ATB Stub– StellaTools group model added as library or imported– WinC scoped to Test function

Register scoper function interface Test Runtime: fetch input and record output Test Runtime: Call scoper fnc

Overview of technical solution

ATB Stub Wizard– 4 Steps

Validate G&B Stub Register Interface Set Default Data

– No source editing– No manual steps– Invoked by Add-in

– Some interesting stuff under the covers… http://www.stellatools.com/autotestbox/stub-wizard/stellawiz1

Overview of technical solution

ATB Application Lets get to the DEMO already!

For post conference simply visit www.stellatools.com and YouTube clips are everywhere

Overview of technical solution

DEMO Samples\Library Books

Limitations CA Plex 6.1 Build35 and onwards. – Model API– https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/kbproblem?productcd=CPLEX&problemnbr=1859

Structured Fields Input Arrays

Future Goals Life back! CA Certified User group, Open source initiative Commitment Control Bells and Whistles!

Limitations – Wish List

Back up your AutoTestBox databases

Tip

Q&A

Thank You