Just Enough Software Test Automation

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. About the Series
3. About the Series Editor
4. Selected Titles from the Yourdon Press Series
5. Preface
6. What Is Just Enough Test Automation?
   1. No New Models, Please!
   2. How Much Automation Is Enough?
   3. Testing Process Spheres
   4. Support Activities
   5. A Test Automation Group's Scope and Objectives
   6. Test Automation Framework Deliverables
   7. Categories of Testing Tools
   8. Conclusion
   9. References
7. Knowing When and What to Automate
   1. In General
   2. When to Automate System Tests
   3. What to Automate
   4. A Word About Creating Test Scripts
   5. Conclusion
   6. References
8. Start at the Beginning, Define the Test Requirements, Design the Test Data
   1. Software/Test Requirements
   2. Requirements Gathering and Test Planning Automation
   3. From Software Requirement to Test Requirement to Test Condition: An Automated Approach
   4. Requirements Management and Traceability
   5. Functional Test Data Design
   6. Requirements-Based Approaches
   7. Hybrid (Gray Box) Approaches
   8. Code-Based Approaches
   9. Conclusion
   10. References
9. A Look at the Development of Automated Test Scripts and at the Levels of Test Automation
   1. Developing Automated Test Scripts
   2. Recording versus Programming Test Scripts
   3. Conclusion
   4. References
10. Automated Unit Testing
    1. Introduction
    2. Unit Testing Justification
    3. The Unit Testing Process
    4. A Rigorous Approach to Unit Testing
    5. The Unit Test Specification
    6. Unit Testing Tasks
    7. Rules of Thumb for Unit Testing
    8. Unit Testing Data
    9. A Unit Testing Framework
    10. Conclusion
    11. References
11. Automated Integration Testing
    1. Introduction
    2. What Is Integration Testing?
    3. The Daily Build Smoke Test
    4. Build Smoke Test Objectives
    5. Automated Build Smoke Test Checklist
    6. Conclusion
    7. References
12. Automated System/Regression Testing Frameworks
    1. The Data-Driven Approach
    2. Framework-Driven (Structured) Test Scripts
    3. Business Rules Test
    4. GUI Test
    5. Properties Test
    6. Input Data Test
    7. Formatting the Test Data File
    8. Application-Level Errors
    9. Building the External Data Input File
    10. Data File Summary
    11. Code Construction for the Business Rules Test
    12. Keep Your Code Clean and Robust
    13. Carl Nagle's DDE Framework
    14. Keith Zambelich's Test Plan Driven Testing Framework for Mercury Interactive Users
    15. Zambelich Approach Summary
    16. “Test Plan Driven” Method Architecture
    17. Conclusion
    18. References
13. The Control Synchronized Data-Driven Testing Framework in Depth
    1. Creating Data-Driven Test Scripts
    2. Implementing the CSDDT Approach
    3. Common Problems and Solutions
    4. Setting Up Common Startup and Ending Test Conditions
    5. Modifying Recorded Code to Accept Input Data
    6. Very Important Practices
    7. Creating Functions for Common Operations—Isolating Command Objects
    8. Continuing with the Program Flow
    9. Using Multiple Input Records to Create a Test Scenario
    10. Utilizing Dynamic Data Input—Keyword Substitution
    11. Using Library or Include Files (*.sbh and *.sbl Files in Rational Robot)
    12. Utility Scripts
    13. Debugging Your Scripts—When the Test(s) Uncover a Defect
    14. Implementing the CSDDT Template Scripts
    15. The DDScripts
    16. SQABasic32 Include Files
    17. An Example of the CSDDT Framework
    18. Conclusion
    19. References
14. Facilitating the Manual Testing Process with Automated Tools
    1. Introduction
    2. Semiautomated Manual Testing Process Steps
    3. Using the List Box
    4. Manual Testing Artifacts
    5. Conclusion
    6. References
15. Managing Automated Tests
    1. Writing Effective Test Scripts and Test Data
    2. Managing Manual and Automated Test Scripts
    3. Test Suite Maintenance
    4. Conclusion
    5. References
16. Data-Driven Automation: User Group Discussion
17. Automated Testing Terms and Definitions
18. Example Test Automation Project Plan Using Rational Suite TestStudio
    1. Introduction
    2. Documentation References
    3. Automation Implementation
    4. Automation Environment
    5. Organizational Structure
    6. External Interfaces
    7. Roles and Responsibilities
    8. Project Estimates
19. Test Automation Project Work Plan Template
    1. Work Breakdown Structure
    2. Project Monitoring and Control
    3. Supporting Processes