GlobalVetLink Testing Automation.pptVIP

May 08-29GlobalVetLink Testing Automation Dan Stewart - EE Joshua Carson - CPRE Jordan Hager - CPRE 1st Advisor – Dr. Smith 2nd Advisor – Dr. Manimaran Client Company – GlobalVetLink Client Name – Bob Shuka About GlobalVetLink Small company based in Ames, Iowa National multi-species Web-Based Platform connects state animal health/regulatory officials with veterinarian and animal diagnostic laboratories subscribers Services this website provides are: premises ID, digital photos, visual tags, EID - with automated uploading of IDs Simply Stated: they hold veterinarian/animal lab records on the web and reduce paperwork Problem Statement Small company = lack of manpower Previously outsourced code is poorly written and has been hard to update without causing bugs in other parts of the application Problem: Find a way to take the manpower intensive operation of manual testing and automate it Intended Result: To allow the developers more time to work on bugs/development and less time to spend on testing Proposed Solution (Concepts) Major concepts of a software automated testing system 1. Testing Scripts 2. Automation Software Testing Scripts Testing scripts is code that runs human-like actions extremely fast Scripts verify certain criteria while running Test scripts will do the same thing that GlobalVetLink does manually for testing Automation Software Automation Software (AS) runs Testing Scripts AS report output of Testing Scripts Good AS helps in creating Testing Scripts via auto-generation of Script code Conceptual System Diagram System Description We will be designing our solution to have three parts 1. Storing Function 2. Input Function 3. Run Function Automation Software We have a couple different options for automation software 1. Open Source 2. Licensed Versions Open Source Pros Free Editable Cons Lack of Reliability Lack of Support Licensed Automated Tools Pros Support Reliability Cons Expensive Can be more complex to use May not meet al