Abstract
Test Data is an essential element for both, Manual and Automation Software Testing and more so in Automation Testing where data drives the test execution. Test Data Management (TDM) is an important ingredient for testing however test automation has been proven to successfully test the data intensive applications. Hence, we would primarily focus TDM for Test Automation in this research. The purpose of TDM is to improve the effectiveness and reduce the time and cost of testing. However, it is essential to identify the components of TDM that contribute towards fulfilling the purpose. Test Data Management involves systematic approach in creating and managing test data (test scenarios, test cases and test data being used). In order to succeed, it requires strategy and a tool to enable teams to create and manage test data in effective and efficient ways. Many hybrid frameworks and tools have been deployed that permit data driven scripts to carry out keyword driven testing. However, it is identified that most of them have lacked correctness and coverage of components of TDM. In this paper, we introduce test automation framework called TAFPro that works as a test harness for IBM test automation tools and offers increase in efficiency and reduction in application and life cycle costs. Since organizations are moving towards open source tools we aim to make the TAFPro tool independent for Java based test tools and ran a CASE study with Selenium successfully for TDM and achieved the goal.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 265-276 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics |
Volume | 118 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- computer software
- testing
- automation
- quality assurance