TechTalk: Extreme Automation Creating Headless Tests “Automagically”

Extreme AutomationCreating Headless Tests “Automagically”

Chris Kraus

DevOps: API Management and Application Development

CA Technologies

Product Manager

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@ChrisKraus3

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Abstract

Automated testing is an extreme time saver, especially when consider regression testing. Regression testing is the testing and retesting of applications when a new feature is introduced in order to verify the existing functionality is still working. In order to accomplish this, tests cases need to be executed, taking a lot of time, especially if they are done manually.

This session will show you how to build API tests that follow the user’s journey through the appellation –creating those headless tests magically

Chris Kraus

CA Technologies

Product Manager


Agenda

CHANGES TO WEB SITES - STATIC TO DYNAMIC

WHY CREATE TESTS THAT FOLLOW THE USER JOURNEY

UNDERSTANDING THE GENERATED DATA AND HOW IT IS HANDLED

GENERATING DYNAMIC TESTS THAT FOLLOW THE USER JOURNEY

DEMO DOCUMENT TRANSACTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTS

1

2

3

4

5


Changes to web sites – Static to Dynamic

Early 2000’s HTTP post to HTML response– <Form Action=mypage.jsp>

– POST or GET name=value pairs

– Simple formatting of HTML response

Mid 2005’s AJAX based web pages– SOAP or XML data requested

– There is now a “application with bugs” in the browser parsing the data and presenting data

Enter 2010’s HTML 5 applications– RESTful request for data

– Response XML or JSON

– Browser code is still a “application with bugs”

Static

Dynamic


Why create tests that follow the user journey?

UI (User Interface) testing follows the movement of a user through the application.

The test data for a UI test starts with input and then “builds” with more user data or system returned data.

Data presented on each screen plug new data creates the journey


Understand the generated data and how it is handled

Input data on first page becomes a dataset

Create properties bases on “value” for sharing

Data returned to the page via API is potential data into next step

Show me cars

Show me mileage

AcuraBuick…

VIN NbrAcura

Get a car loan

TermsVIN NbrAcura

AUTO-MAGIC CREATION OF APPLICATION TESTS DATASETS, FILTERS, AND PROPERTY DRIVEN STEPS


How do find the API’s and the ordering for generation?

Start Document Transactions– Limit scope of transactions by

IP address

– Associate transactions with start and stop time

– Works for any client applications

– Requires java agent in backend

10:25 am192.168.168.44

“Acura”“Buick”

GET /get/cars

“TL”“RTX”

GET /get/cars/model/Acura

GET /get/cars/Vin/ABC123DEF

“Miles”“Not salvage”“Color”

10:25 am192.168.168.44

J2EEDevTest Agent


How do find the API’s and the ordering for generation?

Use the Chrome plugin to see API’s

– Chrome plugin from Google plugin

– Plugin lives in browser and see’s requests and response data

– View before encryption and signatures

– Works with any backend server

AcuraBuick

/get/cars

TLRTX

/get/cars/model/Acura

/get/cars/Vin/ABC123DEF

MilesNot salvageColor

+Install Plugin

CA Continuous Application Insight ServerGenerate CA Application Tests

Transactions


Demo - User Journey API tests

Generate Functional test

Document Transactions

Generate functional testChrome plugin


Handle Dynamic Data

The user data along with returned data from the application is dynamic. Generated tests are data driven and parameter driven to ensure they actually run.

Follow the user Journey

Applications are API’s used in the order of the User Journey through the application. The order of the API’s makes a difference.

Generate API test

API tests are easily generated to follow the user journey. The API’s are more stable then automating the UI’s.

The API’s should be leveraged in multiple applications.

SummaryA Few Words to Review


Q & A


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