The document discusses using SWTBot, an automated testing framework for SWT applications. It provides an overview of SWTBot's capabilities and limitations, then describes how implementing the "Page Object Pattern" addresses some limitations by creating an application-oriented API that hides implementation details and allows testers to write tests without knowledge of underlying UI components. The implementation was successful in improving test code quality and robustness when used at Bonitasoft with their QA team.

1. Functional Testing made easy
with SWTBot for Developers
and Testers
Aurelien Pupier - @apupier
Studio Development Leader
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2. What is SWTBot?
Java Framework for SWT automated UI tests
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And also…

3. SWTBot – General workings
• Encapsulate UI components
• Send SWT Events to simulate User interaction
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4. SWTBot – Sample
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bot.textWithLabel(“Name *”).setText(“userName”);
bot.comboBox().select(“Text”);
bot.textWithLabel(“Default value”).setText(“john”);
bot.button(“Finish”).click();

5. SWTBot – Advantages
• Easy to understand for developers
• Easy to write first shot
• … Even a recorder
• Access to Java API for assertions
• Test code coverage
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6. SWTBot limitations (1/5)
• Underlying components knowledge
– Widget types
– Eclipse wording
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Table or List?
Combo or CCombo?

7. SWTBot limitations (2/5)
• Same widget at different place
– SWTBotConstants.SWTBOT_WIDGET_ID_KEY
– production code modified
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8. SWTBot limitations (3/5)
• UI Thread synchronization  Robustness hard:
– Correct implementation of waitUntil required
– (even if Conditions provided)
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9. SWTBot limitations (4/5)
• Java code not accessible for Java/Eclipse beginners
– For all previously mentioned reasons
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10. SWTBot limitations (5/5)
• Maintenance of tests:
– Requires to be close to production code
• Message updated (to fix a typo)
• UI updated (from Combo to CCombo…)
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11. SWTBot conclusion
SWTBot is an handy test tool
for developers
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12. What about testers?
• How to let testers writing Functional tests?
– Do not care of implementation details
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13. Application Oriented API
‘Page Object Pattern’
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14. Application Oriented API
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15. Page Pattern sample (1/2)
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new BotDataDialog().
.setName(“userName”)
.setType(“Text”)
.setDefaultValue(“john”)
.finish();
bot.waitUntil(Conditions.shellIsActive(Messages.newVariable));
SWTBotShell shell = bot.activeShell();
bot.textWithLabel(Messages.name_mandatory).setText(“userName”);
bot.comboBox().select(“Text”);
bot.textWithLabel(Messages.defaultValue).setText(“john”);
bot.button(IDialogConstants.FINISH_LABEL).click();
bot.waitUntil(Conditions.shellCloses(shell));

16. Page Pattern sample (2/2)
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new BotDataDialog().
.setName(“userName”)
.setType(“Text”)
.setDefaultValue(“john”)
.finish();
bot.waitUntil(Conditions.shellIsActive(Messages.newVariable));
SWTBotShell shell = bot.activeShell();
bot.textWithLabel(Messages.name_mandatory).setText(“userName”);
bot.comboBox().select(“Text”);
bot.textWithLabel(Messages.defaultValue).setText(“john”);
bot.button(IDialogConstants.FINISH_LABEL).click();
bot.waitUntil(Conditions.shellCloses(shell));

17. What decided us?
• Successful implementation with Selenium and
Chinese QA team
• Code mess
– Big static utility classes…
– Sometimes right utility class hard to find
• Robustness issue
– CI infra updated  ~10% of UI tests unstable
• Half-day for one test
• Invite QA testers to join the party
• Same tooling Development/QA
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18. Observed benefits
Eases writing…
… and maintaining Functional Tests
… for Testers AND Developers
– New UI test: Half-day  1 hour
– More factorized code
– Robustness
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19. Feedback on implementation
• Setup time ~3 weeks
• On the fly
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20. What’s next?
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21. What’s next?
• BDD
– Get stake holders and user advocates to join the party
– Talk about using Cucumber with SWTBot
• RedDeer
– Reuse the Eclipse components
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22. Visit us online
bonitasoft.com
Join our community
Bonitasoft.org
Download
Bonitasoft.com/downloads
Follow us on twitter
@bonitasoft
“Page” your App!
@apupier
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