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In today’s digital age, enterprises are being compelled to implement new age technologies to accelerate software releases. Even so, with mounting cost pressures and time to market pressures, what to automate and how much to automate still remains a difficult decision! A technology that makes automating the automation straight forward is needed to eliminate this decision. Most enterprises strive to find the perfect balance between the ultimate goals of testing, i .e . highest software quality and lowest testing costs. These goals present opposing perspectives. Can both be accomplished? The answer is yes - by using the right technology.
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Conformiq is a leading software technology company, focused on automating test automation, functional testing design and software quality. Conformiq’s Intelligent Test Automation solutions are designed to automate the entire testing processes from design to generation to execution with minimal human intervention. Our solution adapts quickly to new product requirements, eliminating the time required for laborious test case creation, test execution & script maintenance during short sprints. Thus, enabling High Quality@Speed through a no-touch, script-free testing platform.
INTRODUCTION
CONFORMIQ 360° TESTAUTOMATIONOVERVIEW
CONFORMIQ CREATOR
C o n f o r m i q 3 6 0 ° T e s t A u t o m a t i o n i s a c o n t i n u o u s t e s t i n g s o l u t i o n t h a t i n t e g r a t e s a u t o m a t i o n o f e v e r y t h i n g f r o m r e q u i r e m e n t s c a p t u r e t o t e s t e x e c u t i o n . T h e s o l u t i o n l e v e r a g e s A I t e c h n o l o g y t o a u t o m a t i c a l l y t h i n k o f a n d g e n e r a t e o p t i m i z e d t e s t c a s e s , f u l l y d o c u m e n t t e s t c o v e r a g e , p l u s g e n e r a t e t h e e x e c u t a b l e t e s t s c r i p t s a n d t e s t v a l i d a t i o n s f o r a u t o m a t e d e x e c u t i o n i n t h e p l a t f o r m s o f y o u r c h o i c e . T h e s o l u t i o n d e l i v e r s t h e a b i l i t y f o r i n - s p r i n t a u t o m a t i o n a d d r e s s i n g t h e c h a l l e n g e s o f a d o p t i n g a g i l e d e v e l o p m e n t o r u s i n g a B e h a v i o r D r i v e n D e v e l o p m e n t ( B D D ) a p p r o a c h b y e n a b l i n g t e s t i n g t o b e d o n e i n e a c h s p r i n t , n o t j u s t c o m p o n e n t t e s t i n g b u t i n t e g r a t i o n t e s t i n g w i t h t h e p r e v i o u s b u i l d s . D e f e c t s a r e f o u n d i m m e d i a t e l y , n o t w e e k s l a t e r r e q u i r i n g a d d i t i o n a l “ f i x i t ” s p r i n t s . C o n f o r m i q 3 6 0 ° i s c o m p o s e d o f t w o t o o l s p l u s t h e i r t h i r d p a r t y t o o l i n t e r f a c e s . T h e s e t o o l s a r e C r e a t o r f o r d e s i g n i n g a n d g e n e r a t i n g t e s t s c r i p t s a n d T r a n s f o r m e r t h a t e n a b l e s e a s y e x e c u t i o n o f t h e s e s c r i p t s o r o f e x i s t i n g t e s t c a s e s . T h e t o o l s w o r k t o g e t h e r o r c a n b e p u r c h a s e d a n d u s e d i n d e p e n d e n t l y .
C o n f o r m i q C r e a t o r c o n v e r t s g r a p h i c a l l y c a p t u r e d b u s i n e s s r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f l o w ( N O T t h e t e s t f l o w ) i n t o o p t i m i z e d t e s t c a s e s f o r a u t o m a t e d o r m a n u a l t e s t e x e c u t i o n . T h i s d i f f e r e n c e i s c r i t i c a l a s C r e a t o r e l i m i n a t e s t h e m a n u a l e f f o r t o f d e s i g n i n g t h e t e s t c a s e f l o w s g r a p h i c a l l y . I n s t e a d , i t t h i n k s o f a n d g e n e r a t e s t h e t e s t s a u t o m a t i c a l l y ! T h e s o l u t i o n c a n b e u s e d f o r t e s t i n g e n t e r p r i s e I T a p p l i c a t i o n s t h r o u g h t h e i r g r a p h i c a l u s e r i n t e r f a c e s ( w e b , d e s k t o p , m o b i l e , e t c . ) , w e b s e r v i c e A P I s ( R E S T , S O A P ) , m a i n f r a m e , b a c k e n d , o r o t h e r o p e r a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g t e s t i n g t h e s e d i f f e r e n t s y s t e m s i n c o m b i n a t i o n . C r e a t o r ’ s e a s y t o u s e b u s i n e s s r e q u i r e m e n t m o d e l i n g f e a t u r e a l s o a l l o w s n o n - t e s t e r s l i k e b u s i n e s s a n a l y s t s t o i t e r a t i v e l y c r e a t e m o d e l s o f f u n c t i o n a l i t y t o b e t e s t e d a n d d o c u m e n t t e s t c o v e r a g e a n d t h e n h a v e t e s t a r c h i t e c t s a d d i n t e r f a c e o p e r a t i o n d e t a i l s a s t h e y b e c o m e k n o w n o r a r e d e c i d e d . T h i s p r o v i d e s a w a y f o r a g i l e d e v e l o p m e n t t e a m s t o s h i f t l e f t t o s p r e a d t h e m o d e l i n g a c r o s s t h e s t a g e s o f d e v e l o p m e n t a n d t h e n j u m p d i r e c t l y t o a u t o m a t e d e x e c u t i o n w i t h n o f u r t h e r m a n u a l i n v o l v e m e n t .
T e s t e r s n o l o n g e r h a v e t o w a i t f o r d a t a v a l u e s t ow r i t e t h e i r t e s t s c r i p t s . C r e a t o r u s e r s h a v e t h e o p t i o no f h a v i n g t h e t o o l i t s e l f a u t o m a t i c a l l y g e n e r a t ea p p r o p r i a t e d a t a n e e d e d f o r t h e g e n e r a t e d t e s t c a s e sa n d s c r i p t s . U s e r s c a n t h e n r e p l a c e t h i s d a t a w i t hp r o d u c t i o n d a t a a t e x e c u t i o n . C r e a t o r g e n e r a t e d t e s t c a s e s a n d t e s t s c r i p t s a r ea u t o m a t i c a l l y o p t i m i z e d f o r v a r i o u s u s e r s e l e c t e dt y p e s o f t e s t d e s i g n f o r f u l l y a u t o m a t e d t e s te x e c u t i o n a l o n g w i t h t h e i r t e s t s t e p v a l i d a t i o n s !C r e a t o r a l s o s e a m l e s s l y i n t e g r a t e s w i t h a p p l i c a t i o nl i f e c y c l e m a n a g e m e n t a n d t e s t e x e c u t i o n t o o l s f o ri n s e r t i n g e x i s t i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d t e s t p l a n s i n t ot h e m o d e l s t h a t d o c u m e n t s a n d e n s u r e f u l lt r a c e a b i l i t y a n d k n o w n a p p l i c a t i o n c o v e r a g e . C r e a t o ra l s o t i g h t l y c o u p l e s w i t h v i r t u a l l y a l l t e s t e x e c u t i o np l a t f o r m s s o t h e g e n e r a t e d s c r i p t s a r e d i r e c t l ye x e c u t a b l e , e l i m i n a t i n g t h e s l o w e s t p a r t o f t e s t i n g .D i r e c t s c r i p t g e n e r a t i o n g r e a t l y i n c r e a s e s o v e r a l lt e s t i n g e f f i c i e n c y . W i t h t h i s s e a m l e s s e n d t o e n da u t o m a t i o n C r e a t o r u n i q u e l y e n a b l e s t r u eC o n t i n u o u s T e s t i n g ( C I ) / C o n t i n u o u s T e s t i n g ( C T ) i nD e v O p s a n d a g i l e e n v i r o n m e n t s .
C o n f o r m i q T r a n s f o r m e r i s a s c r i p t l e s s k e y w o r d d r i v e n t e s t a u t o m a t i o n f r a m e w o r k t h a t i n t e g r a t e s w i t h C r e a t o r . I t e n a b l e s t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n o f t e s t s f o r a u t o m a t e d t e s t e x e c u t i o n w i t h o u t p r o g r a m m i n g f o r b o t h n e w a n d e x i s t i n g t e s t c a s e s . E x i s t i n g G U I o p e r a t i o n s c a n b e “ s c r e e n s c r a p e d ” i n t o m o d e l s f o r C r e a t o r u s e . W h e n c o m b i n e d w i t h C r e a t o r , u s e r s g e t a s e a m l e s s i n t e g r a t e d C I / C D p r o c e s s l e v e r a g i n g t h e i r t e s t i n g t o o l s o f c h o i c e f o r a u t o m a t e d t e s t c a s e d e s i g n , c r e a t i o n , e x e c u t i o n , m a n a g e m e n t , a n d v a l i d a t i o n w i t h e m b e d d e d S e l e n i u m o r u s e r s u p p l i e d M i c r o F o c u s U F T . U s e d a l o n e , T r a n s f o r m e r w i l l c o n v e r t e x i s t i n g t e s t c a s e s d i r e c t l y i n t o a u t o m a t e d t e s t e x e c u t i o n .
P a r t o f C r e a t o r i s C o n f o r m i q ’ s A I b a s e d r e v e r s e e n g i n e e r i n g t e c h n o l o g y t h a t i s u s e d t o r e d u c e m o d e l i n g e f f o r t s b y e l i m i n a t i n g t e s t d u p l i c a t i o n a n d a u t o m a t i c a l l y c o n s t r u c t i n g o p t i m i z e d m o d e l s f r o m e x i s t i n g b u s i n e s s a n d t e s t a s s e t s i n v a r i o u s f o r m a t s t o s e r v e a s t h e b a s i s f o r m o d e l i n g a d d i t i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n f u n c t i o n a l i t y . T h i s i s e s p e c i a l l y i m p o r t a n t w h e n l e g a c y a p p l i c a t i o n s w i l l b e e n h a n c e d s o t h e n e w e n h a n c e m e n t s c a n a c t u a l l y b e t e s t e d w i t h t h e p r e v i o u s a p p l i c a t i o n f u n c t i o n a l i t y . C r e a t o r c a n i m p o r t m a n u a l t e s t c a s e s f r o m E x c e l , A L M t e s t p l a n s , M i c r o F o c u s B u s i n e s s P r o c e s s T e s t s ( B P T ) , G h e r k i n f e a t u r e f i l e s , V i s i o d i a g r a m s , B u s i n e s s P r o c e s s M o d e l s a n d m o r e t o g e n e r a t e m o d e l s o f a p p l i c a t i o n o p e r a t i o n .
CONFORMIQ REVERSE ENGINEERING
Automate the Automation
Fig.1 Process diagram of continuous integration and testing with full test automation
Fig.2 Reverse engineering process flow
“ T e s t c a s e o p t i m i z a t i o n i s n o t k e y , t e s t a u t o m a t i o n i s ! ” e x p l a i n e d a t e s t i n g d i r e c t o r o f a g l o b a l b a n k . G e n e r a t i n g s c r i p t s f o r a u t o m a t e d t e s t e x e c u t i o n s h o u l d b e t h e g o a l o f i n t e l l i g e n t t e s t d e s i g n b e c a u s e t h a t d e l i v e r s b y f a r t h e m o s t g a i n i n o v e r a l l t e s t i n g e f f i c i e n c y . O n c e a g r a p h i c a l m o d e l o f t h e e x p e c t e d s y s t e m o p e r a t i o n i s c r e a t e d f r o m e x i s t i n g a s s e t s a n d l i n k e d t o a p p l i c a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t s , e v e r y t h i n g e l s e i s a u t o m a t e d . C r e a t o r a u t o m a t i c a l l y d e s i g n s a n d g e n e r a t e s t h e t e s t c a s e s a n d t e s t d a t a , i f d e s i r e d , p l u s g r a p h i c a l t r a c e a b i l i t y o f r e q u i r e m e n t c o v e r a g e a n d a g r a p h i c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f e a c h t e s t c a s e ' s r o u t e t h r o u g h t h e m o d e l f o r a l w a y s c u r r e n t d o c u m e n t a t i o n . W i t h e v e r y m o d e l c h a n g e C r e a t o r a u t o m a t i c a l l y p r o v i d e s i m p a c t a n a l y s i s h i g h l i g h t i n g w h i c h t e s t c a s e s a r e n o l o n g e r v a l i d , w h i c h r e m a i n u n c h a n g e d , a n d w h i c h a r e n e w . C r e a t o r e v e n g e n e r a t e s u n i q u e u n d e r s t a n d a b l e t e s t c a s e n a m e s . G e n e r a t e d t e s t c a s e s c a n b e s e a m l e s s l y u p l o a d e d a s t e s t p l a n s t o A L M t o o l s , a n d e x p o r t e d t o C o n f o r m i q T r a n s f o r m e r o r a n y o t h e r t e s t e x e c u t i o n t o o l s i n c l u d i n g S e l e n i u m b a s e d s o l u t i o n s , M i c r o F o c u s U F T a n d L e a n F T , T r i c e n t i s T o s c a , R o b o t , C u c u m b e r , E g g P l a n t , e t c . , p l u s t e s t i n g s e r v i c e s c o m p a n y a n d c u s t o m i z e d e n d u s e r p l a t f o r m s f o r a u t o m a t i c t e s t e x e c u t i o n .
C r e a t o r e n a b l e s a n d a c c e l e r a t e s o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o a d v a n c e t o c o n t i n u o u s t e s t i n g b y p r o v i d i n g e x t e n s i v e i n t e g r a t i o n s w i t h r e q u i r e m e n t / u s e r s t o r y t o o l s i n c l u d i n g M i c r o F o c u s ( f o r m e r l y H P E ) A L M , C A R a l l y , A t l a s s i a n J I R A , I B M D O O R S , a n d o t h e r s . R e q u i r e m e n t s , u s e r s t o r i e s , a n d o t h e r b u s i n e s s a s s e t s c a n b e u s e d t o c r e a t e b u t a l s o a n n o t a t e m o d e l e d f u n c t i o n a l i t y t o b e t e s t e d . C o n f o r m i q C r e a t o r ’ s i n t e g r a t i o n s t h e n a u t o m a t e t h e t r a c k i n g o f r e q u i r e m e n t c o v e r a g e a c r o s s a l l p h a s e s o f a p p l i c a t i o n d e v e l o p m e n t . C o n f o r m i q ’ s s u p p o r t f o r m o d e l i n g a t t h e b u s i n e s s r e q u i r e m e n t s l e v e l o f d e t a i l e n a b l e s b u s i n e s s a n a l y s t s o r t e s t e r s t o e a s i l y m o d e l f e a t u r e s h a v i n g l e s s c o n c r e t e r e q u i r e m e n t s . C r e a t o r ’ s u n i q u e a b i l i t y t o t h e n i n c r e m e n t a l l y a d d u s e r i n t e r a c t i o n s a n d a u t o m a t i c a l l y t u r n t h e m i n t o t e s t s t e p s c r i p t s f o r a u t o m a t e d e x e c u t i o n s e t s i t a p a r t f r o m a l l o t h e r t e s t d e s i g n t o o l s . T h e k e y i s C r e a t o r ’ s e n d - t o - e n d a u t o m a t i o n s o t h e r e a r e n o m a n u a l s t e p s t h a t w o u l d l i m i t o r s l o w c o n t i n u o u s t e s t i n g .
The value delivered by Conformiq 360° Test Automation is based on the double benefits of known test coverage to minimize defects together with reduced testing costs from a faster overall testing process. Conformiq uniquely delivers the capability for the enterprise to move testing to the digital age.
Albert Einstein said, “The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result." If your current testing is too slow or too costly then try moving to new age testing technology, you won't return to your previous methods.