Agile automation and unified funtional testing

Cover......Page 1
Brief Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Synopsis......Page 22
About the Author......Page 24
Acknowledgements......Page 25
About the Book......Page 26
Section 1: Test Automation......Page 32
  Test Automation......Page 34
  SWOT Analysis......Page 40
  Test Automation: Myths and Realities......Page 42
  Feasibility Analysis Phase......Page 45
  Framework Design......Page 49
  Script Design......Page 50
  Maintenance......Page 51
  Practical Questions......Page 52
  Test Automation Approach......Page 53
  Test Automation Development Model......Page 54
  Test Automation—Testing Types to Be Covered......Page 62
  Test Automation Project Infrastructure......Page 64
  Test Automation—Team Dynamics......Page 65
  Practical Questions......Page 66
  Framework Components......Page 67
  Framework Types......Page 68
  Quick Tips......Page 77
  Technical/Functional Interchanges and Walk-through......Page 78
  Configuration Management......Page 79
  Test Automation Metrics......Page 80
  Practical Questions......Page 88
 6. Test Automation Process......Page 89
  Need Analysis Process Flow......Page 90
  ROI Analysis Process Flow......Page 91
  Tool Analysis Process Flow......Page 93
  Proof of Concept......Page 94
  Framework Design Process Flow......Page 95
  Business Knowledge Gathering Process Flow......Page 97
  Script Design Process Flow......Page 100
  Script Execution Process Flow......Page 102
  Test Results Analysis Process Flow......Page 103
  Maintenance Process Flow......Page 106
  Building One-Point Maintenance......Page 107
  Version Control Strategy......Page 108
  Communication Model......Page 109
  Test Automation Documents......Page 110
  Practical Questions......Page 112
Section 2: Agile Test Automation......Page 114
  Agile Values......Page 116
  Agile Methodologies and Practices......Page 117
  Agile Team Dynamics......Page 120
  Scrum......Page 122
  How Scrum Works?......Page 124
  Scrum Workflow......Page 125
  Scrum of Scrums......Page 132
  Kanban......Page 133
  Feature-driven Development (FDD)......Page 135
  Test-Driven Development (TDD)......Page 136
  Devops......Page 140
 8. Agile Automation......Page 142
  Why Agile Automation......Page 143
  Agile Automation Principles......Page 145
  Agile Automation Challenges......Page 146
  Agile Automation Team Composition......Page 147
  Agile Automation Practices......Page 149
 9. Agile Automation Framework......Page 152
  Framework Components......Page 153
  Screen Components......Page 154
  Business Components......Page 155
  Framework Structure......Page 168
  Practical Questions......Page 171
Section 3: VBScript......Page 194
  VBScript Editors......Page 196
  VBScript Variables......Page 197
  VBScript Operators......Page 199
  VBScript Conditional Statements......Page 200
  VBscript Looping statements......Page 201
  VBScript Functions......Page 203
  Error Handling......Page 212
  Examples......Page 213
  Practical Questions......Page 219
  Methods......Page 221
  Properties......Page 223
  Creating Dictionary Object......Page 224
  Creating Dictionary of Dictionary Object......Page 225
  Practical Questions......Page 228
  How to Create a Regular Expression Object......Page 229
  Meta Characters......Page 231
  How to Use VBScript Regular Expression Object......Page 232
  E-mail Matching......Page 236
  Replacing String Using Regular Expression......Page 237
  Practical Questions......Page 239
Section 4: Basic UFT......Page 240
 13. Introduction to UFT......Page 242
  UFT Main Window Overview......Page 243
  Panes......Page 244
  Features......Page 249
  Automating Complex and Custom GUI Objects......Page 252
  UFT Test Automation Process......Page 258
  Using UFT Help......Page 260
  Practical Questions......Page 263
  Access Permissions......Page 264
  Installing UFT......Page 265
  Installing UFT Licenses......Page 269
  UFT Global Options......Page 271
  UFT Test Settings......Page 277
  Object Identification Configuration......Page 283
  Object Identification Dialog Box......Page 285
  Planning Script Development......Page 289
  Scripting Methods......Page 292
  Scripting Guidelines......Page 297
  Practical Questions......Page 298
  When to Use Environment Variables......Page 299
  How to Define Environment Variables......Page 300
  Practical Questions......Page 308
  Creating a New Library File......Page 310
  Associating a Library file to a Test Script......Page 311
  Designing Custom Library (DLL) Files......Page 313
  Calling MS windows DLL functions from QTP......Page 315
  Quick Tips......Page 316
  Practical Questions......Page 317
Section 5: GUI Testing......Page 318
  Solution......Page 320
  GUI Test......Page 321
  Action......Page 326
  Practical Questions......Page 350
 20. Canvas......Page 351
  Canvas Features......Page 352
  UFT Object Class......Page 358
  Object Descriptions......Page 359
  Which Descriptions to Choose to Describe an Object......Page 368
  How UFT Learns Object Definition?......Page 373
  What is Automatic XPath?......Page 374
  What are Description Properties?......Page 375
  SOURCE Index Learning Mechanism......Page 377
  Description Properties Learning Mechanism......Page 378
  Configuring Mandatory/Assistive Properties......Page 385
  Why to Configure Object Identification Properties?......Page 386
  Quick Tips......Page 387
  Practical Questions......Page 388
  Types of Object Repositories......Page 389
  Adding New Objects to Shared OR......Page 392
  Add/Remove Object Properties......Page 395
  Modify Object Property Values–Regular Expression......Page 397
  Associating a Shared Object Repository to a Test Script......Page 403
  Highlight Test Object in Application GUI......Page 405
  Object Spy......Page 406
  Identification and Native Properties......Page 408
  Test and Run-Time Objects......Page 409
  Analyzing Comparison Results......Page 411
  Merging Shared Object Repositories......Page 414
  The Repositories Collection Object......Page 417
  Practical Questions......Page 419
 24. Object Repositor y Design......Page 420
  Object Repository Design......Page 421
  Working with Global and Action Sheets......Page 429
  Design and Run-time Datatable......Page 433
  Datatable Methods......Page 434
  Local Datatable Settings......Page 438
  Global Datatable Settings......Page 439
  Practical Questions......Page 440
  Working with Browser......Page 441
  Launch Internet Explorer and Web Application......Page 445
  Working with Page......Page 447
  Working with WebEdit......Page 451
  Working with Web Button......Page 452
  Working with WebCheckBox......Page 453
  Working with WebList......Page 454
  Working with Link......Page 455
  Working with Web RadioGroup......Page 457
  Working with Web Table......Page 458
  Function to Find Cell Ordinates of a Keyword Present in Webtable......Page 461
  Exporting WebTable values to DataTable......Page 463
  Exporting Web Table Values to Dictionary Object......Page 464
  Some Useful Methods......Page 469
  Some Useful Utility Objects......Page 473
  Some Useful Examples......Page 477
  Practical Questions......Page 481
  When to Use Descriptive Programming......Page 482
  Descriptive Programming Syntax......Page 484
  Regular Expressions......Page 486
  Child Objects......Page 489
  Using DP-Based Object Repository......Page 490
  Function to Close all Opened Browsers Except the One Which was Opened First......Page 504
  Disadvantages of Descriptive Programming......Page 505
  Comparison of OR and DP Approaches......Page 507
 28. Synchronization......Page 508
  Synchronization Methods......Page 510
  Browser Native Synchronization Methods......Page 512
  Quick Tips......Page 513
  Practical Questions......Page 514
  Checkpoint......Page 515
  Standard Checkpoint......Page 518
  Table Checkpoint......Page 525
  Page Checkpoint......Page 527
  Image Checkpoint......Page 529
  Bitmap Checkpoint......Page 531
  Text Checkpoint......Page 533
  Text Area Checkpoint......Page 535
  Database Checkpoint......Page 537
  Accessibility Checkpoint......Page 539
  Xml Checkpoint......Page 540
  Quick Tips......Page 546
  Practical Questions......Page 547
 30. Debugging......Page 548
  Breakpoints......Page 549
  Debug Viewer Pane......Page 550
  Practical Questions......Page 555
 31. Recovery Scenario and Error Handler......Page 556
  Modifying UFT Test Settings......Page 557
  Recovery Scenarios......Page 558
  Recovery Scenario Design......Page 559
  Recovery Scenario Object......Page 568
  Scenarios where Recovery Scenario Fails......Page 569
  Vbscript Error Handlers......Page 570
  Practical Questions......Page 571
 32. Test Results......Page 572
  UFT Run Result ViewerPanes......Page 573
  Test Result Filters......Page 576
  Customizing Test Results......Page 578
  Setting Test Run Options......Page 581
  System Monitor Tab......Page 583
  How to Jump to a Step In UFT......Page 584
  Practical Questions......Page 585
Section 6: API Testing......Page 586
  Web service Communication Process......Page 588
  API Testing......Page 590
  Why to automate API testing......Page 591
  UFT API Testing......Page 592
  Testing Web Services Manually......Page 593
  Testing Web Services Using UFT......Page 596
  Testing Web Services Programmatically......Page 604
Section 7: Object Identification......Page 610
 35. Object Identification Mechanism......Page 612
  UFT Test Object Identification Mechanism......Page 613
  Insight Identification Mechanism......Page 615
  Source Index......Page 616
  Quick Tips......Page 619
  Practical Questions......Page 620
  How to find XPath of a GUI Object?......Page 621
  Object Identification using XPath......Page 624
  Why to Build Custom Relative XPath of an Object......Page 625
  XPath Query Language Features......Page 628
  How to Build Custom XPath Expression?......Page 630
  Defining Description Properties including XPath in Object Repository......Page 644
  Practical Questions......Page 646
 38. Object Identification Using CSS Selectors......Page 647
  How to Locate Elements Using CSS Attributes?......Page 649
  Object Identification Using CSS Selectors......Page 651
  CSS Selector Methods......Page 652
  Building CSS Locator Paths......Page 654
  Quick Tips......Page 665
  Practical Questions......Page 666
  How Visual Relation Identifiers Work......Page 667
  VRI based Object Identification Mechanism......Page 668
  How to Define Visual Relation Identifiers in OR......Page 669
  Creating Visual Relation Identifiers using Code......Page 674
  Quick Tips......Page 676
  SI Mechanism......Page 677
  When to Use Smart Identification?......Page 680
  Practical Questions......Page 681
 41. Object Identification Using Ordinal Identifiers......Page 682
  Practical Questions......Page 684
  Insight Test Object Descriptions......Page 685
  Adding Insight Objects to OR......Page 686
  Developing Code using Insight Test Objects......Page 690
  Configuring Insight Learning/Identification Mechanism......Page 691
  Interview Questions......Page 693
Section 8: Advanced VBScript......Page 694
  Managing Files......Page 696
  Managing Folders......Page 698
  Enumerating Files and Folders......Page 700
  Connecting to Network Computers......Page 703
  Windows Script Host (WSH)......Page 706
  Windows API (Application Programming Interface)......Page 708
  Practical Questions......Page 709
  Methods......Page 711
  Properties......Page 713
  Append Data to an Existing Notepad File......Page 714
  Practical Question......Page 717
  Excel Object Model......Page 718
  Excel as Database......Page 729
  Practical Questions......Page 740
  Connection Object......Page 741
  Recordset Object......Page 743
  Connection to a Database......Page 744
  Connecting to MS Excel Database......Page 747
  Connecting to MS Access Database......Page 748
  Connecting to MS SQL Server Database......Page 749
  Connecting to Oracle Database......Page 750
  Function to Execute Query on Oracle DB......Page 751
  Practical Questions......Page 754
  XML Structure......Page 755
  XML DOM......Page 756
  QTP XML Objects......Page 758
  Locating XML Elements XPath Query......Page 760
  Quick Tips......Page 768
  Practical Questions......Page 769
  Word Automation Object Model......Page 770
  Practical Questions......Page 777
  Microsoft Outlook......Page 778
  IBM Lotus Notes......Page 787
  Practical Questions......Page 794
Section 9: Advanced UFT......Page 796
  Finding Object Native Properties......Page 798
  Retrieving Object Native Properties......Page 799
  Using Attribute/* Notation to Read Native Properties......Page 801
  Object Identification using Object Native properties......Page 802
  Viewing Custom Attributes in Object Spy Tool......Page 805
  HTML DOM......Page 807
  HTML DOM Objects......Page 808
  Quick Tips......Page 817
  Practical Questions......Page 818
 52. Object Repositor y Automation......Page 819
  TOCollection Object......Page 821
 53. UFT Automation Object Model......Page 822
  Launching UFT......Page 823
  Launching UFT on Remote Machine......Page 824
  UFT Object Model......Page 826
  ObjectRepositories Collection Object......Page 829
  TestLibraries Collection Object......Page 832
  Recovery Object......Page 835
  Recovery Scenario Object......Page 838
  RunSettings Object......Page 840
  RunOptions Object......Page 842
  Test Object......Page 846
  Practical Questions......Page 853
Section 10: Business Process Testing......Page 854
  Integrating QTP with QC......Page 856
  Practical Questions......Page 875
 55. Business Process Testing......Page 876
  Life Cycle of BPT......Page 878
  Creating Business Components......Page 883
  Defining Component Details......Page 884
  Adding Snapshot......Page 885
  Defining Business Component Parameters......Page 886
  Adding Design Steps......Page 888
  Converting Manual Component to Automated Component......Page 889
  Creating Business Process Tests......Page 890
  Debugging Business Process Tests......Page 896
  Creating Test Set......Page 898
  Executing Test Set......Page 899
  Creating Application Area......Page 904
Appendices......Page 906
 Appendix A—Test Script Template......Page 908
 Appendix B—Scripting Guidelines......Page 909
 Appendix C—VBScript Naming Conventions......Page 910
 Appendix D—Script Review Checklist......Page 911
 Appendix E—Test Tool Evaluation CHART......Page 913
 Appendix F—Object Identification Standards for a Typical Web Application......Page 914
Index......Page 916