SilkTest Technical Overview By Mike R.

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SilkTest Technical OverviewBy Mike R.
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SilkTest Technical Presentation

• SilkTest Features by Functional Area
• Test Creation
• Test Execution
• Test Maintenance
• SilkTests Unique Value Proposition

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Strong Foundation for Test Creation

• Built-for-testing Scripting Language (4Test)
• Object Oriented language that enables increased
  modularity, reuse and lessened maintenance of
  automation
• Built-in, customizable as well as user-defined
  library of classes and functions designed
  specifically for testing
• Less code needed compared to other OO languages
  being used as automated tool scripting languages
  such as C and Java
• No need to worry about traditional programming
  language pitfalls such as memory management,
  pointers,
• Library functions encapsulate programming details
  such as how to click on a button
• 4Test more OO than VBScript
• Compiled versus interpreted language allows for
  reduced overhead when executing tests
• Scripts reusable as-is across platforms and
  browsers
• Powerful scripting features such as threading in
  order to create real world test scenarios

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Strong Foundation for Test Creation Script
Reusability

With SilkTest, you only need 1 test script to
handle these 12 combinations
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Strong Foundation for Test Creation
Customizable Library Classes
Customizing built-in HTML PushButton class
Modifying Click behavior to also print out
button name
Test that calls customized Click on a customized
button
Output of passed test shows print output as well
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Strong Foundation for Test Creation

• Built-for-testing Integrated Development
  Environment
• Debugger
• Outline editor with multilevel expand/collapse
  for easy viewing
• Auto-indenting
• Color-coded syntax errors
• Project Workspaces for increased organization and
  collaboration
• Several scripting assistants
• AutoComplete
• Library browser
• ToolTips
• Workflow assistants for visual script creation
  and modification
• Action Recorders
• Basic Workflow
• Data Driven Workflow
• Multiple document interface for viewing/editing
  multiple files at a time

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Strong Foundation for Test Creation

• Multitude of tools for recognition of UI controls
• Native 4Test classes for testing standard
  controls of leading technologies
• Win32/MFC
• HTML
• Java/Java Applets
• .NET
• PowerBuilder
• VB/ActiveX
• Class mapping for testing renamed controls
  (MyPushButton)
• Class recording for testing other custom controls
• VB/ActiveX, Java, .NET
• Direct Java calling for invoking public Java
  methods of custom controls
• Extension Kit for customizing SilkTest agent

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Strong Foundation for Test Creation - IDE
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Strong Foundation for Test Execution

• 24x7 continuous test execution
• Built-in, customizable recovery system
• Return to a pre-set application state before each
  test eliminating cascading errors
• Intelligent handling of unexpected errors
  including application crashes
• Built-in, customizable pre- and post- test
  execution behavior
• Multi-dimensions to test execution and
  verification
• Distribution of tests to multiple platforms for
  parallel testing
• SilkTest Runtime for extremely cost effective
  solution
• Distribution and coordination of individual test
  steps/tasks to multiple machines for network
  transaction testing
• Industry-unique SilkTest Agent
• Distribution of entire transactions to multiple
  machines for single test simulation of multi-user
  access
• Ideal for testing multi-user access issues such
  as file locking and database record locking
• Direct database testing for additional layer of
  transaction verification
• Bitmap viewer for capturing, verifying and
  updating baseline application bitmaps

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Strong Foundation for Test Creation Parallel
Testing
Multiple platforms

Multiple browsers

Multiple localized versions
Simplified Chinese

Kanjii
SilkTest Runtimes for cost effective parallel
testing
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Strong Foundation For Test Execution
Distributed Transaction Testing
SilkTest
Order Entry order 3 books
Shipping ship 3 books
Finance bill for 3 books
agent
agent
agent

network
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Strong Foundation for Test Execution

• Powerful results viewing
• Integrated difference viewer
• Ability to update expected results automatically
• Optional results generation to ASP-based web page
  format
• Export of standard reports to ASCII file
• Integrations with SilkCentral Test Manager for
  requirements mapping, scheduled executions,
  defect management, holistic reporting

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Strong Foundation for Test Maintenance

• Object oriented language promotes maintainable
  code
• Key factor in enabling long term ROI
• Ideal for building reusable test
  components/building blocks that are connected
  together to build tests
• Polymorphism enables minimal number of action
  keywords in keyword/table driven frameworks
• Separation of script actions from objects being
  acted upon
• Changes in object recognition easily reconciled
  in single place
• Object recognition described in an ASCII file to
  promote ease of access and customization

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Strong Foundation for Test Maintenance -
Polymorphism
Common Login actions defined here
Login actions specific to internal users defined
here

Login actions specific to external users defined
here
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SilkTests Unique Value Proposition

• More extensive test coverage due to
• Expedited creation of tests
• OO scripting language best suited for building
  easily configured and reused test components
• Minimized maintenance of tests
• OO scripting language best suited for building
  easily maintained test components
• Remote agent for distributed transaction tests as
  well multiple simultaneous user tests
• Bitmap comparison tests
• More opportunities to test due to
• SilkTest Runtime for parallel execution of tests
• Automatic recovery of unanticipated errors during
  execution of tests