TestPartner is quite a successful GUI
software testing tool. Micro focus developed this product with the intention of
providing means for functional testing and GUI testing to the software
developers and testers who have hard deadlines to work up on. This testing tool
helps these software developers and testers to achieve more of testing in less
time.
Two primary methods are provided
by the TestPartner for functional test development:
1. Code oriented
development
2. Visual
storyboard – based development environment
About Code Oriented Development
- Code oriented
development uses the Microsft VBA (visual basic for
applications).
- The major benefit of including
this in the development environment is that using it, users can access the
rich IDE (integrated development environment).
- Access to IDE is important
since it contains all the core visual basic application libraries plus the
capabilities that are inheritable in VBA such as error handling, ability
to reference public libraries, debugging and so on.
- A library of VBA –
based functionality is provided by the Compuware TestPartner and has been
specifically built to be used in the functional test automation.
About Visual Storyboard
- Visual
storyboard – based development environment interface is also known
as the “visual navigator”.
- It is used extensively for developing the
functional test automation.
- The following things are provided to the user
through this capability:
Ø A screen
preview i.e., the screen shot of window of application under test.
Ø A list of
test automation steps. These are the steps are the steps that were performed
while testing against the screen.
Ø A story
board providing a series of test steps that have been performed against a
number of screen previews.
- There is another advantage of this approach
which is that the users can access the test automation functionality.
- In
addition to this they get the ability to add variabalization, different test
logics and so on.
Advantages and Benefits of TestPartner
- Version 6.3.0 is the latest in the series of Testpartner.
- Testpartner lets you accelerate the testing
process at the same time delivering high quality software products on time.
- The
functional test automation through Testpartner is quite easy and cost
effective.
- Testpartner proves to be a powerful tool for functional test
automation.
- The tool is quite easy to understand and use.
- Users get intuitive
insights through the test analysis and visual test creation.
- Further, there is
no requirement of code which it makes usable even for the non – technical
business users.
- Accelerated testing means that the testers and developers can
keep pace with the development and quality is no longer seen as a bottleneck.
- With
the visual and storyboard oriented approach of the Testpartner, such business
processes can be captured that can empower the experts for creating the
sophisticated test cases without being able to write the script code.
- The
analyzation of the test results is simplified by the Testpartner through its
visual storyboard.
- With this story board, it becomes easy to check where the
test actually failed and where the modification is required.
- Testpartner is
well equipped with modular structures and powerful extensions.
- With these, the
technical users can access all the debugging and scripting capabilities of VBA
for creating advanced test cases that are repeatable.
- Integration of the test
cases that have been written in VBA or visually is possible in Testpartner.
- Tests
created by the Testpartner are quick in adapting to the changes made to the
application.
- The test results can be used in incorporating the maintenance
changes, thus accelerating the maintenance process.
- The built – in verification
capability of the Testpartner lets you add steps for testing the results.
