Test Automation

The test automation is…

• A tool that provides an environment for test automation. It usually includes a test harness and test libraries.

• The use of software to perform or support test activities, e.g., test management, test design, test execution and results checking.

• A test environment comprised of stubs and drivers needed to execute a test.

• The description of operational techniques and activities, part of quality management, that are focused on fulfilling quality requirements.

With test automation the following activities usually take the most of time…

• Test execution.

• Defect reporting.

• Test cases development and maintenance.

• Manual re-testing.

Regression testing is considered to be a good candidate for automation because…

• Once automated, regression tests take much less time and effort.

• It is impossible to perform regression testing manually.

• Regression test cases are always simple and therefore easy to automate.

• There are special tools that automate regression tests without any human effort.

It is a good idea to automate testing of a typical cross-project functionality because…

• It is safer to perform such tests automatically to avoid privacy violation.

• Automated test cases may be re-used in all these projects.

• Such test cases are always simple and therefore easy to automate.

• There are special tool that automate such tests without any human effort.

The following situations are indicators of high risks for the automation…

• Complex user interface.

• Unstable technology domain.

• Old and stable requirements.

• Necessity to perform low-level operations.

The ‘Record and Playback’ technology has the following advantages…

• The resulting script contains variables with meaningless names.

• The automation tool allows auto-gathering of technical details.

• It allows quick test skeleton creation.

• There is a lot of hardcoding in the resulting script.

The ‘Record and Playback’ technology has the following disadvantages…

• The resulting script contains no ‘ifs’, ‘cycles’, ‘subroutines’.

• It allows too quick test skeleton creation.

• Every (even mistaken) action is recorded within the resulting script.

• This approach is too easy to learn.

What is the difference between assertSMTH and verifySMTH command in Selenium IDE?

• There is no difference, these are just synonyms.

• If assert fails, the test stops immediately

• If verify fails, the test stops immediately.

• These are completely different command for complete different purpose, so it is impossible to compare them.

What is the difference between context-sensitive and context-insensitive locators in Selenium IDE?

• Context-sensitive locators are based on document structure.

• Context-insensitive locators are based on document structure.

• Context-sensitive locators are based on elements attributes values.

• Context-insensitive locators are based on elements attributes values.

If with redesign process some form with id=’frm1’ was moved from the top of web-page to the bottom, is id-locator still able to find the form?

• No

• Yes

• It depends on the locator structure.

• There are no id-locators in Selenium IDE.