What are key technologies supported by Maveryx? - Part 2

In this part of the article we shall discuss about the remaining 3 key technologies of the Maveryx automated testing tool:

5. Extensibility: 

- The plug–in system of the Maveryx is quite extensible.

- It can be made richer by customizing. 

- Maveryx allows the users to customize the default functionality and other specific desired capabilities using individual plug – ins.

- A number of plug–ins for a number of reasons are supported by the Maveryx tool. 

- Few of those reasons have been listed below:

a) For adding support dedicated to the complex as well as custom GUI controls.

b)  For adding test actions such as APIs that are proprietary.

c)  For adding new algorithms for matching.

d) For integrating the maveryx with a number of other tools like bug tracking tools, SCM tools and so on.

- Maveryx has got it all: the reliable and easy to use testing environment and intuitive testing functionality to help you create the best test project. 

- Maveryx holds a collection of powerful but easy to use java APIs that help in creating better regression and functional test cases. 

- Since Maveryx is an open source tool so you have the power of modifying it or extending it any way to fit your requirements. 

- Plug–ins are the things that help you in this regard. 

- They can be installed and removed at any times. 

- Maveryx has been designed so as to allow the mechanisms and hooks that help in enhancing the frame work without calling for any major changes in the infrastructure of the system. 

- Extensions can be made in either of the two ways:

Ø  By adding a new functionality or

Ø  By modifying an existing one

- Programming interface is another thing that helps with the extension of the maveryx tool. 

- By installing core plug–ins, you enhance the capabilities of the Maveryx making it to adapt your specific requirements or your organization’s specific requirements. 

- Customizing Maveryx increases its functionality and increases the speed of the testing process.

6. Eclipse plug–in

- Maveryx comes with a separate plug – in for the eclipse tool. 

- It consists of the software tools that can be deployed to make use of the java eclipse IDE, thus granting the developers and software testers with an ability of designing, building and executing the automated test scripts using the Maveryx testing tool.

- This plug–in provides assistance to the software testers who are using Maveryx in the creation of the new test classes for test projects and generation of the java code via Maveryx’s frame work.

7. Test Reporting: 

- When you execute a test case, you do not have to worry about generating the metrics. 

- Maveryx does it all for you through its test reporting key technology. 

- It automatically generates the metrics. 

- Plus, it also puts all the detailed reports at your fingertips.

- The results of the tests execution are also displayed automatically. 

- Actually, all this is done in coordination with the eclipse plug–in.

- The plug–in in turn makes use of a number of Maveryx’s reporting features for the creation of the reports and live charts during the execution process of the tests.

- The plug–in only creates the finalized test reports that give an explanation regarding the results of the tests through visual aids such as charts, tables, statistics and so on.

The maveryx software testing tool has got a number of other features such as:

- Test logging capabilities

- Automated verification points

- Multi – application testing

- Distributed application testing

- Error handling feature that is customizable

- Multilingual testing

- Keywords

What are key technologies supported by Maveryx? - Part 1

Maveryx’s unique key technologies are what that makes it so useful. There are 7 of them and we shall discuss about only 4 here.

1. No GUI Maps: 

- Maveryx is an automated testing tool that it does not makes use of GUI maps for locating the GUI objects.

- It carries out the analyzation and the identification of the GUI objects to know their properties at the time of the scripts execution without taking help from a GUI map. 

- When a test is run, a scan is carried out by the Maveryx software and it takes some of the snap shots of the interface of the application under testing or AUT. 

- Maveryx then processes each of the snap shots using an advanced GUI objects finder. 

- This object finder then recognizes the object and locates it so that you can straightaway start writing the test cases and you don’t have to wait. 

- Automated scripts can be developed early by the testers during the software development life cycle. 

- This is done in parallel with the development of the application. 

- However, the test scripts are developed only when the application is ready to be tested. 

2. GUI objects finder: 

- This advanced finder identifies as well as locates the objects very well that have been embedded in the scripts during the run time itself using many of its pattern – matching capabilities. 

- A number of searching algorithms are used by Maveryx for the recognition and the location of the objects during the execution session of the tests. 

- These algorithms remain applicable even for the objects to which changes have been made since the creation of the tests and partial descriptions have been encoded in to the test scripts. 

- It also carries out a search for the run – time objects that seem to match the test object fully or partially.

Below mentioned are the matching algorithms that are supported:

- Exact: This algorithm lets you search for a test object that is exactly same as the one mentioned in the test scripts.

-  Case insensitive: This algorithm is somewhat same as that of the first one but ignores the case.

- Partial: This algorithm lets you find a match based up on the partial data.

- Wild card: Using this algorithm you can match objects using the common regular expressions.

- Levenshtein distance: This algorithm lets you perform approximate matching through some fuzzy logic and edit distance.

- Thesaurus searching: This algorithm lets you find related terms be it in broader terms or in narrow terms or conceptual in a vocabulary called ‘wordnet’.

- Google translation: This algorithm is best suited for internationalization testing or multilingual testing and it lets you find translations.

   With so many algorithms the objects finder has proved to be quite effective in cutting down the time and effort made by the testers in maintaining the scripts. It also provides all the facilities to the testers to write the automated tests from the partial, lacking and unstable specifications. Further the testers are also enabled to automate the test cases that have developed resilience against frequent changes that are made to the interface of the application thus avoiding the need for the continuous rework on the scripts. 

    

     3. Data driven testing: 

    This maveryx implements through Microsoft office excel spreadsheets as well as XML files.  A number of data bases are also supported by the maveryx tool.

   4. Keyword driven testing: Using excel spreadsheets Mavryx creates data tables which it uses for developing test cases. Test actions or the keywords are stored in the spreadsheets and XML files. 

Explain Maveryx? For what purposes it is designed?

About Maveryx Testing Tool

- Maveryx has been developed as a GUI, Regression testing and automated functional testing tool for applications written in java. 

- But Maveryx is different from the other automated GUI testing tools in the way that it does not make use of GUI maps for the creation and execution of the automated tests. 

- The recognition of the GUI objects to be tested takes place at the time of the execution. 

- This is done using an advanced GUI objects finder. 

- Fuzzy and exact matching algorithms are supported by this search engine. 

- Such algorithms are also used in the identification of the test objects present in the application user interface. 

- With GUI maps, the automation process cannot be started early and so this search engine avoids GUI maps thus enabling the automation process start before the application is actually made available for testing. 

- On the other hand, possibility for deriving the tests from requirements that are either partial or lacking is achieved through approximate matching. 

- Approximate testing also allows for the scripts that have resilience against the frequently changing nature of the application. 

- Many of the software quality assurance teams deploy Maveryx primarily for carrying out automated testing in agile and traditional environments as well. 

- Data driven testing is also supported by the Maveryx for java applications. - It also supports a number of platforms such as:

1. Windows
2. Linux
3. Mac

- Maveryx does not use GUI maps for objects recognition rather it locates the objects at the run time directly when the scripts execution is in progress. 

- While the Maveryx runs a test, simultaneously it also carry out a scanning of the interface of the application under test or AUT and also searches for controls as well as the objects that require manipulation. 

- The GUI objects finder carries out an unique identification process for every test object. 

But what powers this advanced search engine?

- It is powered by a set of algorithms inclusive of the approximate as well as exact matching. 

- This technology makes it possible to get a closest match between the objects in AUT and GUI object encoded in the test scripts. 

- GUI object finder can perform this operation even if the full operation regarding the GUI object is not available. 

- The scripting language used by the Maveryx is of course the java. 

- It is because of this that Maveryx can be integrated with any of the java IDE such as netbeans, eclipse and so on. 

- Further, it can also be integrated with testing framework such as the IBM rational functional tester, JUnit and so on.

- In addition to the above mentioned testing methodologies, it also allows for using the keywords and verification points so that the test coverage can be increased, script reuse can be promoted and number of automated tests can be increased. 

- Various key technologies employed by the Maveryx are:

1. No GUI maps
2. GUI objects finder
3. Data driven testing
4. Keyword driven testing
5. Extensibility
6. Eclipse plug in
7. Test reporting

- Few characteristics features of maveryx are:

1. Test logging capabilities
2. Automated verification points
3. Multi – application testing
4. Distributed application testing
5. Error handling feature that is customizable
6. Multilingual testing
7. Keywords

- Metrics regarding the test cases are generated automatically by the Maveryx software.

- It also produces detailed reports with results.

- A number of reporting features are available with the eclipse plug – in of the Maveryx using which live reports and performance charts can be created during the run time of the test. 

- It also helps in the production of the final reports accompanied by statistics and table charts.