The document discusses setting up an effective automated testing process for an existing testing team of 2-3 engineers using VBScript. It addresses problems like what to automate, inconsistent formats, unclear code, and flexibility. The solutions proposed include automating regression and acceptance tests, using consistent naming structures between manual and automated tests, applying error handling, storing changing data externally, and using frameworks to simplify code creation and test runs. The goal is to make automated testing faster, more stable, predictable, and easy to maintain.

1. The way to Effective
Automated Testing
Vladimir Primakov, Kuadriga
2012
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2. Vladimir Primakov
QA Manager
• 9+ years in Software Testing
• Test Management
• Performance Testing
• Server-side and GUI Automated Testing
v.v.primakov@gmail.com
Skype: vladimir.primakov
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3. AGENDA
Setup test-automation process
in an existing TA team of 2-3 TA engineers
Tool:
Language: VBScript
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4. Problems
• What to automate?
• Bad consistency with manual testing
• Unreadable format of test results
• Lack of clear code
• No stability of TA scripts
• No Flexibility of TA scripts (Data dependency)
• A lot of time to create TA scripts
• Difficult and long time to start automated tests
• Absence of predictability (in planning)
• …
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5. What to automate?
• Regression and acceptance tests (high-
priority test-items only)
(Tested, stable, almost unalterable items)
• Data-oriented tests
Data
1 item Test run
New Cycle
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6. Consistency to manual testing
• Use same organization, grouping, names for
manual test cases and test automation scripts
Manual Test Item Test Complete Item
Product: Kuadriga Web-site Suite: KuadrigaWebSite
Test Object: Admin Project: Admin
Test Case: Admin_Search_TC_01.xmlx Test Script: Admin_Search_TC_01.svb
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7. Consistency to manual testing
Same content and structure for manual and
automated tests
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8. Readable format of test results
Same style for the automated and manual test
results
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9. Fast Test-Script Creation
• Functional Decomposition /
Framework building
approach
• Stereotyping approach: Use
suite, project, script, function,
procedure, step, VP, etc.
templates
• Document lessons learned:
Test complete issues, coding
samples, tips & tricks, etc.
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10. Clear code
1) Follow coding style guideline
2) Define, document, and follow
the standard AT approach &
infrastructure
3) Use Name Mapping
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11. Flexibility of TA scripts
Take all changing data out of scripts
Example: Keep test run settings in an external
config.xml file:
– Path to the installation URL of a web-application,
– Web-browser,
– User Login, Password
– Standard Delays,
– Emails to sent test results (logs) to,
– Any other useful information which should preferably be modified externally.
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12. Stability of TA scripts
Apply error-handling
Use error-avoiding code
Make your scripts independent from
other scripts
Apply and follow standard
Desktop, OS, and application
settings
Quit and Start the tested application
regularly
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13. Easy and Fast Run tests
1. Fill in the config.xml file
with the expected run
settings.
2. Click the “startup” script.
3. Get easily understood
test results on your email.
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14. Predictability in planning
(TA Time / Manual Testing TIME)average = Factoraverage
e.g.: 300 min/ 20 min = 15
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15. What I would do now:
• Continuous integration
• Version Control Systems
• Keyword-driven approach
• Distributed test runs
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16. Vladimir Primakov
v.v.primakov@gmail.com
Skype: vladimir.primakov
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