1. Automated Tests for OutSystems Applications
How to easily create automated tests for any project using Test Automator and Selenium IDE to ensure quality and increase development speed.
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2. Topics of Discussion Automated Tests in the Agile Process Selenium IDE
Test Automator
Tips And Tricks
Wrap Up
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3. Automated Tests in the Agile Process
Testing Jargon
Regression/Automated Tests
Unit Tests
Functional Tests (More coverage than Unit/ More refactoring proof)
Test First strategy (Not to be taken religiously)
Testing coverage allows bolder refactorings
Bugs don’t resurrect
Tests should be cheap to build and cheap maintain
Thus the importance of recorders/regressions
It’s better to create dumb tests than no tests
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4. Automated Tests in the Agile Process
The Wrong and the Right way to fix bugs
Find Bug
Create
Automated Test
Fix Bug
Further
Development
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5. Selenium IDE ©2006 OutSystems – All rights reserved

6. Selenium IDE
Selenium - JavaScript framework that allows functional testing on HTML apps
Selenium IDE – IDE to record, edit and play back selenium tests (Firefox extension)
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7. Test Automator ©2006 OutSystems – All rights reserved

8. Test Automator http://solutiontrial.outsystems.net/testautomator/
Organizes Selenium Tests into Test Suites
Run Tests Periodically
Notifies developers when test results change
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9. Tips And Tricks I Selenium commands
Open only works after interaction
Open needs to be tweaked when there is client-side indirection
Frames SelectWindow is not perfect, circumvent it
JavaScript Confirmations are ok’ed by default- AssertConfimation, ChooseCancelOnNext
Assert stops, Verify continues
AssertTextNotPresent is Not Present but is a valid command
Try to take advantage of XPath to make better tests
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Can be used as Firefox sidebar View->Sidebar->Selenium IDE
Selenium starts in record mode by default
Advanced syntax:
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10. Tips And Tricks II Installing Test Automator on the server
Firefox 1.5 is needed
JRE 1.5 is needed
Modify privileges for ASP.net in TestAutomator folder
Assume no session state or cookies
You can copy back test scripts into Selenium IDE source tab
Know the limits of testing – only web / no download, no upload, no ActiveX/flash
Set Up / TearDown Strategies (entry point with data cleanup)
Multi server strategies (remove explicit addresses/ good data cleanup or synch)
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11. Automated Tests in the Agile Process
1 easy rule of thumb
You should only interact with the application you are creating in either
Record Mode or
Playback Mode
Never interact directly
Speeds up development
Scripts can be saved as tests
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