Just Enough Software Test Automation

“Test Plan Driven” Method Architecture

• Driver Script

  • Performs initialization (if required)

  • Calls the Application-Specific “Controller” Script, passing to it the file-names of the Test Cases (which have been saved from the spreadsheets as “tab-delimited” files)

• The “Controller” Script

  • Reads and processes the file-name received from Driver

  • Matches on “Key Words” contained in the input-file

  • Builds a parameter-list from the records that follow

  • Calls “Utility” scripts associated with the “Key Words,” passing the created parameter-list

• Utility Scripts

  • Process input parameter-list received from the “Controller” script

  • Perform specific tasks (e.g., press a key or button, enter data, verify data, etc.), calling “User Defined Functions” if required

  • Report any errors ...