TestComplete basics

Introduction

TestComplete is a functional automated testing platform developed by SmartBear Software is a company known for such products as Soap UI . Swagger, the Zephyr plugin for Jira and others.

TestComplete gives testers the ability to create automated tests for applications Microsoft Windows , Web , Android and iOS. Tests can be written, scripted, or created manually using keyword-driven operations. It is used for automatic reproduction and logging of errors.

The runner test for TestComplete is called TestExecute and can be installed separately. from TestComplete.

TestComplete contains three modules:

• Desktop
• Network
• Mobile.

Each module contains functionality for creating automated tests on the specified platform.

TestComplete is used to test many different types of applications, including the Web, Windows, etc. Android, iOS, WPF, HTML5, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, .NET VCL and Java . It automates functional testing and server testing, such as database testing.

TestComplete is used to create and automate many different types of software tests. Creating a test to record and playback records the tester performing manual testing, and It allows you to reproduce it and maintain it over and over again as an automatic test.

Recorded tests can be modified later by testers to create new tests or improve existing tests. a large number of use cases.

Main characteristics

• Keyword Testing: TestComplete has a built-in keyword-driven test editor that consists of keyword operations corresponding to automated testing actions.
• Script Testing: TestComplete has a built-in code editor that helps testers write scripts manually. It also includes a set of special plugins that help.
• Recording and Playing Test: TestComplete records the key actions needed to play the test and discards all unnecessary actions.
• Distributed Testing: TestComplete can run multiple automated tests on individual workstations or virtual machines.
• Access to internal object methods and properties: TestComplete reads the names of visible elements and many internal elements of Delphi, C++Builder, .NET, WPF, Java, and Visual Basic applications and allows test scripts to access these values for validation or use in tests.
• Error Tracking Integration: TestComplete includes problem tracking patterns that can be used to create or modify items stored in problem tracking systems. TestComplete currently supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010 Team System, BugZilla, Jira and AutomatedQA AQdevTeam.
• Data-based testing: Data-based testing with TestComplete means using a single test to validate many different test examples by using input and expected values from an external data source instead of using the same rigidly programmed values each time a test is run.
• Open architecture based on COM: TestComplete engine is based on an open API, COM-interface. It does not depend on the source language and can read debugger information and use it during execution through TestComplete Debug Info Agent.
• Test visualizer – TestComplete automatically takes screenshots while recording and playing the test. This allows you to quickly compare expected and actual screens during testing.
• Extensions and SDKs – everything seen in TestComplete – panels, project elements, specific script objects, and others – are implemented as plug-ins. These plugins are included in the product and installed on your computer along with other TestComplete modules. You can create your own plugins that extend TestComplete and provide specific functionality for your own needs. For example, you can create plugins or use third-party plugins to:
  • Support for user controls
  • User Keyword Testing Operations
  • New scenario objects
  • User control points
  • Teams for processing test results
  • Panels.
  • Elements of the draft
  • Menu items and toolbars

Supported types of testing

• Functional testing (or graphical interface)
• Regression testing
• Modular testing
• Keyword testing
• Web testing
• Testing of mobile applications

Supported scripting languages

• JavaScript
• Python
• VBScript
• JScript
  • Script on C++ (a specific dialect based on JScript supported by TestComplete - obsolete in version 12)
  • Script C# (a specific dialect based on JScript supported by TestComplete - obsolete in version 12)
• DelphiScript
• VB

Supported applications

Supports all 32-bit and 64-bit Windows applications.

Enhanced support, access to internal facilities, methods and properties for the following purposes:

• .NET (C#, VB.NET, JScript.NET, VCL.NET, C#Builder, Python .NET, Perl .NET etc.)
• WPF
• Java (AWT, SWT, Swing, WFC)
• Android
• iOS
• Xamarin (with implementation of Falafel Software Bridge)
• Sybase PowerBuilder, Microsoft FoxPro, Microsoft Access, Microsoft InfoPath
• Web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera (web browser), Safari (web browser)
• Visual C++
• Visual Basic
• Visual FoxPro
• Delphi
• C++Builder
• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Flex
• Adobe AIR
• Microsoft Silverlight
• HTML5
• Chromium (web browser)
• PhoneGap

Recording the simplest test

Not creating a project in advance.

Press. RECORD TEST

Select the name of the project and select Keyword testlike

Choose. Web and the type of browser. Specify the URL and click Record

In this test, we will check the website page. www.andreyolegovich.ru Software testing → How to learn

Press on. Various courses

Hover over the header. Where to study for the profession of a software tester

In the Quick Checkpoints drop-down menu, select contentText = …

Stop recording.

Examine this wound test.

Run the test by pressing on Run

Learn about Keyword Test Log

Browser change

Select the browser in which you want to perform the test can be double-clicked Run Browser

Select the desired browser from the list

Capture tested object properties

By default, TestComplete saves the usual screenshots. Consider the calculator screen from the article «Windows calculator testing»

To open a screenshot in Visualizer Frame, double-click on it.

To save not only screenshots but also properties of objects in these screenshots, you need to enable the option Capture tested object properties.

Using this option can slow down productivity.

Move in. Tools → Current Project Properties

Move in. Visualizer → Capture images and turn on Capture tested object properties

Now you can get the properties of the object directly from the screenshot in Visualizer Frame.

Write down a new test and double-click on any screen

If the images still do not find objects, try ticking the box. Update into Test Visualizer and restart the test.

Log.Message()

Example

Log.Message(num)

Delay()

Example

Delay(1000)

Add TestedApp

If in TestedApps you need to add an additional application to the tab TestedApps right-click and select Add → New Item…

If no app has been added at all, then click Right button on the project name and select Add → New Item… → Create Project Item → TestedApps

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Example

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 15\x64\Bin\TestComplete.exe" /hasp

Repositioning of windows

To move windows, for example, Workspace, Project Explorer, Object Browser need to be in the menu Tools include Docking Allowed

Tools → Docking Allowed

Then you need to pinch the mouse and move the window until the indicators of available positions appear.

You have to choose one of the provisions. In addition to the screenshots, central position and additional options on the side. Look closely at the screen when you are Move the window.

Import scripts from other projects

Script → Add → Existing Item…

A script from another project or simple directory can be added by clicking right-button Script press Add, Existing Item… select the right script and press Open

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For clarity, scripts can be decomposed by subdirectories inside Script

When importing, they should be added as if there were no subdirectories. They're all inside. Script

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If a script is added test_metadata.py - in the directory.

\Script\Visualizer\test_metadata_py

A file will appear. test_metadata.py.tcVis a in the directory Script file Script.tcScript There's going to be a record of a sluggish script. More on the file. Script.tcScript Other files used by TestComplete You can read it in the article. «TestComplete files»

Article author: Andrei Olegovich