1. Harbinger Systems Pvt. Ltd. System Test Automation in Agile Environments using Open Source Technologies Asheesh Choksi Associate Test Architect Harbinger Systems Pvt Ltd asheesh@harbingergroup.com

2. 2 About Us Harbinger Systems Harbinger Knowledge Products Harbinger Group Global provider of software products & services since 1990 www.harbingerknowledge.com Global leader in interactivity solutions for knowledge sharing applications in Learning Presentation Web development. www.harbinger-systems.com Partner in technology innovation Web 2.0, eLearning Technology, Mobile, Software Product Development, and Systems Software Development and Testing

3. 3 Agenda A Review of Agile Environment We will review the Agile methodologies from the Test point of view What is needed to become an Agile Test Specialist The requirements to take up the role of Agile test engineer How to … Review of open source technologies and some implementation snippets Extending the Framework

4. 4 Review of Agile Environment Several flavors of Agile emphasize on Communication specially with Customer Agile Methodologies have been created from Developers point of view Stress is on Test Automation The focus is on automated Unit testing and Integration testing And finally an Acceptance Testing by Client There is a missing thread These methodologies do not emphasize on need of QA specialist The blunder is realized sometimes in the Project Cycle which is often late for a QA specialist to perform

5. 5 Agile DNA Adapt Quickly Anticipate the change in Requirements / Application design / Deliverables Do not anticipate change in delivery dates Automate the Testing Create an atmosphere of constant testing

6. 6 How to do this There is no dearth of help when you ask for it Proprietary tools / Freeware /… / Selenium At times we get drifted along the lines to procure Tools to do the job Caution Are you forcing your testing thoughts into Tools compliance range? You would be more robust with Technology on your finger tips Open Source options:Perl / Python / Ruby

7. 7 Why Ruby A dynamic, Open Source, Object Oriented Programming Language with focus on Simplicity and Productivity Not a new Technology – originated in Japan mid 90s It is really free You really dont need any special skill to learn Ruby Caution Ruby applications could be extremely complex in terms of design and code.

8. 8 Win32OLEAutoIT Process Automation with AutoIT Things you can do with AutoIT Write installers /Uninstallers for software applications Perform automation of repetitive tasks on windows based forms Process Automation A quick handle to AutoIT is a valuable cross-skill with Test specialist require "win32ole" @au = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control") @au.Run "Notepad" @au.send "ABCD" @au.send "{ENTER}"

9. 9 Win32OLEExcel Automation Excel is QAs Oxygen Things you can do with excel object in Ruby Read test cases: execution steps and test data Write a string in a given cell Execute the Excel Macro require 'win32ole' ex = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application') ex.visible = TRUE workbook = ex.Workbooks.Add(); worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(1); worksheet.Range('A1:D1').value = ['North','South','East','West'];

10. 10 Watir : Web Application Testing in Ruby Watir is a ruby based open source library for automating web browsers. It was primarily written on top of IE Com object to drive IE browser Strong presence in all major technologies: Watij / Watin Things you can do with Watir Simulate user actions: form filling and submit It has got full access to Browser's DOM Write assertions : content based Connect to Databases Read data files Export data files in format of your choice (excel / HTML / XML)

11. 11 Watir : Web Application Testing in Ruby Watir script [IE] For Firefox require 'watir' browser = Watir::IE.new browser.goto "http://google.com" browser.text_field(:name => 'q').set(Test Automation with Watir") start_time = Time.now browser.button(:name => 'btnG').click page_done_time = Time.now response_time = page_done_time – start_time puts Response Time is + response_time.to_s + seconds require 'watir-webdriver' browser = Watir::Browser.new :firefox

12. 12 Watir : Writing Test Class require 'rubygems' require "watir" require 'test/unit' class YovrTest < Test::Unit::TestCase def test_JTR_import # "====Perform login======" test_site = "http://staging:8080/signIn.jsp" $ie = Watir::IE.new $ie.goto test_site $ie.text_field(:name, "j_username").set "foo" $ie.text_field(:name, "j_password").set "bar" $ie.button(:value, " Sign In ").click # "====Check the String Home======" assert($ie.text.include?("Home")) end

13. 13 Extending the Framework with Fitnesse Fitnesse is Software Development Collaboration Tool Has got a web server and provides a wiki interface. Test cases can be written and executed from wiki pages Available in various technologies: Java /.Net / Ruby / … It enables Customer, Business Analyst/Test Engineer and Programmer to learn how their software behaves or should behave under certain conditions of test data

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16. Discussion Questions? 16 Thank You asheesh@harbingergroup.com