USE OF AUTOMATED TESTING TEMPLATES FOR WEB APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Keywords:
automatic test system, web application, test cases generation, model based testingAbstract
A specific feature of web application development projects is the multiple repetition of typical solutions that have rather similar functionality and differ in their visual representation and user interface. This has allowed proposing the concept of universal templates for automated testing system. The purpose of the work is to develop a method for constructing a hierarchical structure of reusable universal testing templates for given subject area, which can quickly adapt to any typical project. The proposed method can be referred to as model based testing technique, since the proposed templates model the functional requirements of the subject area of the web application in the form of the inherited hierarchical structure. The developed automated testing system is based on the up-to-date Selenium and Python Unittest frameworks and uses developed method of hierarchical structure of reusable universal testing templates for generation of test scenarios. The conducted research showed the practical significance of the proposed concept through the speed-up and reduction of time and human resources costs for the preparation of tests and their conduction.Downloads
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