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| ammu_kk2001@yahoo.com 2005-07-26, 5:05 pm |
| Hi,
Im new to the field of testing.When can we go for automating the
testing process i.e. what factors drive us to go for automating
testing???
Can anyone give me more insight into this concept by providing me some
gud links??
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| ammu_kk2001 wrote:
> Im new to the field of testing.When can we go for automating the
> testing process i.e. what factors drive us to go for automating
> testing???
All tests should be automated.
Developers should automate tests as they write the tested code, in the same
language. Testers should maintain this test rig, and add the advanced tests
to it.
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Phlip
[url]http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?Z Land[/url]
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| info@e-valid.com 2005-07-26, 10:06 pm |
| ammu_kk2001@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im new to the field of testing. When can we go for automating the
> testing process i.e. what factors drive us to go for automating
> testing?
>
> Can anyone give me more insight into this concept by providing me some
> good links?
(Regular C.S.T. poster Philip's response is from the the XP
perspective, and like many of his answers seems to imply that his
is the only way to think about these things. But not everyone
has that perspective as their "religion" and an alternative
response may be useful for general C.S.T. readers.)
The payoffs -- and the justifications -- for automated testing in
general involve some or all of the following factors:
o Exchanging machine time for people time. It is better that
testers write programs for the test engines, than to write
tests, but of course you only know what to program if you know
how to do the testing without automation.
o When you are able to run tests regularly to confirm that your
embryonic application hasn't changed -- that is, lost or
gained some functionality it was not supposed to have lost or
gained. Then the payoff for making the automated test
investment obtains after the second or third application of
the test suite.
o When the complexity of the application under test makes it
either impossibly difficult to test manually, or because of
the complexity any manual test is 100% suspect all the time.
In that case mechanizing the testing so it is 100%
reproducible is critical.
Ease of use and simplicity of design in the tools used to create
and run the tests are often a critical factor in improving
project productivity..
In the case of testing web-browser enabled applications with
eValid we believe we have simplified the GUI and the scripting
language and the context for doing functional and regression
testing to the point where the moderate costs for eValid licenses
are easily "bought back" by time and effort savings in just a few
ws of operational use.
You can download an evaluation copy of eValid from:
http://www.soft.com/eValid/Products...tml?status=FORM
Complete details about the eValid web analysis and testing suite
are found at:
http://www.e-Valid.com.
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| mrqa@hotmail.com 2005-07-26, 10:06 pm |
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ammu_kk2001@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im new to the field of testing.When can we go for automating the
> testing process i.e. what factors drive us to go for automating
> testing???
>
> Can anyone give me more insight into this concept by providing me some
> gud links??
I would start with Rational / IBM website, they have tons of papers,
and test automation related documents. you subcribe for free I think
....
good luck!
Issam Qadan
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| murali krishna 2005-07-27, 9:06 am |
| mrqa@hotmail.com wrote:
> ammu_kk2001@yahoo.com wrote:
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> I would start with Rational / IBM website, they have tons of papers,
> and test automation related documents. you subcribe for free I think
> ...
>
> good luck!
>
> Issam Qadan
Hi
first you have to understand the application,and make sure that what
functionalities are reusable for different functions( common functional
scripts)
it depends lot of things like
1. Is it long project
2. is it neccessary for testing again and again (regression)
3. Cost and duration like so many factors we have to into
consideration,,
murali
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| On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 mrqa@hotmail.com wrote:
> ammu_kk2001@yahoo.com wrote:
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> I would start with Rational / IBM website, they have tons of papers,
> and test automation related documents. you subcribe for free I think
> ...
If you take this advice remember that Rational/IBM are trying to sell a
product. All their papers are ultimately geared towards a solution that
involves their products. Be a little skeptical of everything you read.
Try to think outside the box and get opinions from other sources.
--
Send e-mail to: darrell dot grainger at utoronto dot ca
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| mrqa@hotmail.com 2005-07-27, 10:03 pm |
| If the question was about which tool to use, your advice would have
been in place. However, the question about providing good links that
covers testing process, automating testing ... and I again I think from
experience that the Rational Website is a very good *Starting Point*.
Thanks,
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| 1. Do you have to run the same tests again and again?
2. Are your tests long/complex?
3. Do your tests result in large quantities of output?
You have a good case to automate if any one of the above is true,
particularly the first.
But beware, automated test systems are no less difficult to maintain
and expensive than the application under test.
Get any book by Beizer, Binder, Kaner...
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| prak wrote:
> 1. Do you have to run the same tests again and again?
> 2. Are your tests long/complex?
> 3. Do your tests result in large quantities of output?
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> You have a good case to automate if any one of the above is true,
> particularly the first.
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> But beware, automated test systems are no less difficult to maintain
> and expensive than the application under test.
The more often you run the tests, the cheaper they get.
Hence, 1 applies for all situations, and 2 & 3 get cheaper too.
--
Phlip
[url]http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZLand[/url]
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