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TestCoda
from Simply Testing introduces a truly revolutionary way to build automated
tests. TestCodaTM automatically generates the code which forms the basis of
automated tests. Before TestCoda, testing tools had to be programmed
manually (scripted) by automation specialists.
"The Simply Testing toolset has
met all requirements. Unisys are pleased with both the functionality and
performance of the products"
Unisys,
April 2004
TestCoda’s
unique code generator
dramatically cuts the cost of automated test script development, bringing
industrial-scale automated regression testing within the reach of almost any
software project. TestCoda doesn’t replace automation tools such as
WinRunner, Robot and QARun; it complements them by eliminating the manual
writing of test scripts—the most expensive part of an automation project.
TestCoda eliminates the burden of
hand-coding test scripts
It does this in two
automated stages:
1. 1.
TestCoda analyses your system’s user interface and builds a
model of it automatically.
2. 2.
TestCoda generates the code for your tools (e.g. WinRunner,
QArun, Robot, etc.), thereby vastly reducing your resource requirements.
TestCoda goes on to
provide even more savings by greatly reducing the maintenance of
automated tests. The code is regenerated for each new build of the system
under test. TestCoda can even give impact analysis on what has changed
between builds.
TestCoda can generate WinRunner code at a rate of over
150,000 lines per hour
Case Study
A Simply Testing client
has an insurance system with over 900 windows in it. TestCoda can analyse the
windows and generate all of the automation for the entire system – over
330,000 lines of WinRunner code–in only two hours! That’s over 26 man years
of work by conventional methods! And because no test-tool knowledge is
required even end users are able to create automated tests.
TestCoda
Highlights
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Available
in the following flavours:
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WinRunner TSL from Mercury
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QARun from Compuware
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Rational Robot (previously SQA Robot)
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Visual Test from Rational (previously
Microsoft Visual Test)
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AutoTester
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Separates test data from the test code (e.g. WinRunner TSL)
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Test analysts can create tests with no knowledge of the automation tool
language
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Test
created in Test Data Manager in Excel
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The Test
Data Manager provides a way to create ‘Re-Usable Test Objects’
Benefits of
TestCoda
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Extremely fast creation of automation code for tools such as WinRunner,
etc
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Vastly reduced
cost of test automation
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Test analysts do not need to learn a complex scripting language
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Maintenance of automated tests greatly reduced
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Impact analysis on what has changed in the user interface between builds
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Reduced
risk of failure of automation projects, as TestCoda is a mature, tried and
tested method
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