Posts Tagged 'Automated Testing'
AI-Driven Test Automation: Rapise 8.2 Webinar Recap
September 13, 2024
Looking to enhance your software testing through AI automation? Rapise is here to revolutionize the way you test with powerful, AI-driven tools. Watch the webinar and experience cutting-edge demos of AI automation, gain insights into Shadow DOM handling, and explore the flexibility of data-driven testing. Best of all, you can try Rapise for free today!
Read MoreSpotlight on Rapise 7.3: Shadow DOM Support
July 7, 2022
We are excited to be releasing the new 7.3 version of Rapise this week. One of its new key features is the ability to record and playback tests against the Shadow DOM. What is the Shadow DOM you ask, and why would you want to test it? Read on to find out!
Read MoreWebinar Recap: Parallel Execution of Tests with Rapise and SpiraTest
December 20, 2021
On December 16, Inflectra hosted a webinar called Parallel Execution of Tests with Rapise and SpiraTest. Denis Markovtsev, Principal Software Developer, covered the following topics in the live webinar:
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Create tests that are ready for parallel execution
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Create a test set in SpiraTest and configure it for parallel run
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Create a configuration set and run tests with different configurations
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Analyze execution results and view Test Matrix
If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.
Read MoreWebinar Recap: Using SpiraPlan and Tosca to Test Complex Business Applications
December 17, 2021
On December 14th, 2021, Inflectra had the opportunity to co-host a webinar with partner TTC Global. In the joint webinar, hosts Adam Sandman (Inflectra) and Kayla Hildebrandt (TTC) discussed:
- How to solve the challenge of moving test case management to automated integration
- The SpiraPlan & RemoteLaunch integration, focusing on how to manage the scheduling, execution, and reporting of Tosca automated functional and user interface tests
- Test results in Tosca and data as visible in SpiraPlan
- Pro-tips for a successful integration of Spira/RemoteLaunch and Tosca
- Questions asked by the webinar participants
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording and accompanying slide deck below:
Read MoreRecap: Generating Tests and Scripts for SpiraTest and Rapise using IQM Studio
December 9, 2021
On December 7th, Inflectra and our partner Critical Logic hosted a webinar focused on generating tests and scripts for SpiraTest and Rapise using Critical Logic's IQM Studio.
In this webinar, co-hosts Adam and Evan discussed:
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The IQM Studio modeling tool and how it integrates with SpiraTest and Rapise
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How IQM Studio can pull Spira requirements, generate automation scripts, and push tests with requirement coverage back into Spira
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The benefits and value of an IQM Studio integration
If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.
Read MoreWebinar Recap: Playing UFT/QTP Scripts Rapise
December 2, 2021
On November 30th, Inflectra hosted a webinar called Playing UFT/QTP Scripts Rapise. Alexey Grinevich, Inflectra Senior Automation Architect, covered the following topics in the live webinar:
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Rapise v7.1 in the nutshell
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How to convert QTP/UFT test scenarios, frameworks, repositories, libraries using Rapise
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How to execute QTP/UFT test scenarios using Rapise.
If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.
Read MoreRecap: Testing OracleForms Applications with Rapise
November 17, 2021
On November 16th, Inflectra hosted a webinar called: Testing OracleForms Applications with Rapise. Alexey Grinevich, our senior automation engineer, covered the following topics in the live webinar:
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Preparing for testing.
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Installing testing agent.
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Using with IE.
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Using with JNLP.
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Special Cases: LOVs and Notification Messages.
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Working with Tables.
If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.
Read MoreIt’s Automation Jim... But Not As We Know It! | InflectraCon 2020 IRL
October 26, 2020
Today, we present an InflectraCon 2020 IRL talk called: It’s Automation Jim... But Not As We Know It! by our dear friend, Aaron Athfield, the Technology Director at Ceefa Software. The session demos the WorX Manual Testing Accelerator for SpiraTest. Enjoy the presentation below!
Read MoreWebinar Recap: How To Test MS Dynamics AX through the UI Like A Pro
April 3, 2020
On April 1, 2020 Denis Markovtsev took us on a journey exploring the testing of MS Dynamics AX through the UI focusing on the following learning objectives:
- understanding how to start testing Dynamics AX with Rapise,
- practicing launching Dynamics AX from an automated test
- automating the navigation within Dynamics AX
- learning how to record a test case and make it a part of the framework for regular execution.
If you missed the webinar, here are some of the highlights!
Read MoreWebinar Recap: UI Automation 101: Tables, Grids and Trees
March 23, 2020
On March 18, 2020, Inflectra's automation champion - Alexey Grinevich, Ph.D. hosted a live webinar in the UI Automation 101 webinar series. This second webinar in the series explored the hows-to of automating tables, grids and trees
If you missed the webinar, please enjoy this recap, complete with a video recording.
Webinar Agenda:
The webinar covered the following areas:
- Grids and Tables automation - APIs, recording, playback
- Trees automation - APIs, recording, playback
- Useful hints and tricks.
Webinar Recap: UI Automation 101: Working with Navigation & Menus
March 16, 2020
On February 19, 2020, Inflectra's automation champion - Alexey Grinevich, Ph.D. hosted the very first live webinar in the UI Automation 101 webinar series. This first webinar looked at ways of automating your navigation and menus.
If you missed the webinar, please enjoy this recap, complete with a video recording.
Webinar Agenda:
The webinar covered the following areas:
- Overview of navigation methods
- Practical examples of navigation
- Useful tips and tricks.
Testing MS Dynamics Through The UI Like A Pro - A Webinar Series
March 4, 2020
On March 4th, 2020 Inflectra launched the 4th installment in its famous test automation webinar series series called: Testing MS Dynamics Through The UI Like A Pro. This step 4 webinar series builds on the earlier test automation series’: Test Automation, Demystified and Planet Test Automation: First Steps while also working in parallel with the current UI Automation 101 series.
Testing MS Dynamics Through The UI Like A Pro series aims to help you launch the testing of your MS Dynamics product. We will look at the following how-to's: bootstrap a testing framework and perform essential test automation tasks and organize your teamwork and create tests that are easy to enhance and maintain.
Details are inside!
Read MoreUI Automation 101 - A Webinar Series
March 2, 2020
On February 19th, 2020 Inflectra launched the 3rd installment in its famous test automation webinar series series called: UI Automation 101. This step 3 webinar series builds on the earlier test automation series’ - Test Automation, Demystified and - Planet Test Automation: First Steps. This series aims to strengthen participants' grasp of the major test automation activities and learn the essentials of Test Automation.
Details are inside!
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Webinar #Recap: Scenarios, or Why Some Automation Projects Fail
July 25, 2019
Summer months are not a deterrent to our loyal webinar attendees who showed up in large numbers for today's live webinar called: Scenarios, or Why Some Automation Projects Fail, from the series Test Automation, Demystified.
If you had other fun summer activities interfere with this webinar, here is a recap.
Read MoreRunning UnitJS Tests with Mocha and SpiraTest
September 1, 2017
We announced today that we have just released a new plugin for SpiraTest - a custom reporter for the popular Mocha JavaScript test execution framework. We thought it would be helpful to provide more information around using the new plugin as well as some background on why we decided to develop it in the first place.
Read MoreWhen Selenium IDE Doesn't Work, SpiraTest Comes to the Rescue!
August 31, 2017
We heard from one of our customers recently that due to breaking changes in the Firefox plugin model, Selenium IDE will no longer work. This somewhat sad news took us by surprise since we didn’t realize that Selenium IDE had not been migrated to the new WebExtensions plugin architecture. Hopefully, that will happen, but we have some good news in the meantime!
SpiraTest and RemoteLaunch already provide a solution.
Read MoreCode & Data: from Assembler to RVL
June 7, 2017
In this short blog post, our test automation guru - Denis Markovtsev explains the ideas and principles behind the design of Inflectra's new Rapise Visual Language (RVL) introduced in Rapise 5.1. RVL is a spreadsheet-based approach to UI test automation implemented in Rapise to help domain specialists and test analysts, who are not programmers, participate in test automation projects.
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Tip of the Day: Accessing and Inspecting DOM Elements with $0
May 23, 2017
Modern browsers have incredibly powerful developer tools. Hit the F12 key and you get access to a wealth of great information and features. The dev tools are great for looking through the DOM and inspecting specific HTML elements. Want to do something on/with that element in JavaScript too? They have you covered. The secret is $0.
<joke>In fact, using $0 can save you more than $0 :-)</joke>
Read MoreRapise v5.1 - Scriptless Automated Testing
April 18, 2017
We're very excited about the next version of Rapise coming out later this month. It has many enhancements and improvements for testing the web, mobile and desktop applications which we'll be discussing, but the biggest new feature is the ability to create scriptless tests, using a familiar Excel-based grid framework for composing automated tests. Unlike some other tools (cough cough HP UFT) this is natively part of Rapise, not some add-on.
Read MoreSpotlight on Rapise 5.0: Microsoft Dynamics
January 17, 2017
As you may have read, we've just released the latest major update to Rapise, our unified platform for testers. Rapise 5.0 brings many benefits for testing web applications (Edge support), desktop applications (faster testing of WPF and UWP apps), API testing (SOAP support and REST enhancements), and load testing (integration with NeoLoad).
However the biggest piece of news was that we now have added support for Microsoft Dynamics, the powerful ERP and CRM system from Microsoft. We support the current Dynamics AX and CRM platforms as well as the future Azure-based Dynamics 365 service. This article discusses what this means for you and why it is such big news!
Read MoreWhat Everybody Ought to Know about Rapise v5.0
January 9, 2017
In the next week or so we shall be formally releasing the next version of our popular automated testing IDE. In this article we give you a taste of what to expect for both existing customers looking to upgrade and new customers that want to empower their testers with powerful tools to make their job easier.
Read MoreBest Practices in API Testing
October 20, 2016
The move to cloud computing has highlighted the importance of
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). With the rise in cloud
applications and interconnect platforms, API testing is a necessity. However what makes a good API? What happens when you change the application but need to support existing users of the API?
Why is GUI Testing Important?
October 11, 2016
In an ideal world, the presentation layer would be very simple and with
sufficient unit tests and other code-level tests (e.g. API testing if
there are external application program interfaces (APIs)) you would have
complete code coverage by just testing the business and data layers.
Unfortunately, reality is never quite that simple and you often will
need to test the Graphic User Interface (GUI) to cover all of the
functionality and have complete test coverage.
Rapise 5.0 Preview - Testing MS Dynamics AX Applications
July 20, 2016
Rapise is a great general purpose automated testing tool that has support for mobile, web and desktop applications. However based on customer feedback, there are certain common applications that customers need to test and therefore we are adding specific support for these known applications in the coming releases. In this post we discuss MS Dynamics AX.
Using Rapise to Easily Select Items in an HTML Grid
April 7, 2016
During our conversations with customers we have found that a common need when using Rapise to test web applications is to be able to easily and quickly match a specific item in a grid/table of results without worrying about the order or position of the item. This article provides a neat new feature added in Rapise 4.0 to make this common task easier.
Tips and Tricks Using Rapise
March 22, 2016
Sometimes when we speak to customers we realize that they are desperately missing a feature in Rapise, and ironically in some cases the feature in question is already part of Rapise but they just didn't know about it! So in this blog post we illustrate a couple of handy but lesser known tricks when using Rapise for automated testing.
Why Should I Use Rapise Instead of Selenium?
March 7, 2016
When companies evaluate test automation tools
for web testing they are often facing a similar question: What's the
advantage of using Rapise
instead of Selenium? Though the larger question is: Why should you pay
for a commercial tool instead of using a free one?
Why and How Should I Use Test Automation?
February 26, 2016
The average test plan for a commercial grade application will have between 2,000 and 10,000 test cases. Your test team of five must manually execute and document results for between 400 and 2,000 test cases. And the scheduled release date of your product is fast approaching. No worries; clone your team and work around the clock. Or perhaps there’s a better way... Read More
Anatomy of an Automated Test Case
February 4, 2016
When test cases are written well, the automation follows simply from the steps. Writing a good test case isn’t difficult, it’s just tedious, boring and sometimes downright painful. But when it’s done right, the results are worth it.
Revamping the Rapise User Interface
November 30, 2015
In accordance with the theme this month of user interface updates and user experience in general, we'd like to talk about some of the UI changes being made to our Rapise test automation product. These changes are based on the results of user testing and feedback from our customers. It's an interesting topic because it shows the dramatic impact the UI can have on an application.
Spies Like Us - Or How to Use Rapise's Spy Tool for Web Testing
July 9, 2015
One of the features of Rapise, is an integrated Web Spy, also known as a DOM Browser. It's similar to the tools already in the web browsers such as IE, Firefox and Chrome (e.g. Firebug), but unlike using those tools it has lots of nifty features for making web testing easier and also integrates directly into Rapise testing IDE so that you can code against any of the elements visible in the Spy. This article describes how to use the Spy.
Read MoreMobile Testing of Android Applications using Rapise 3.0
June 16, 2015
Do you need to test native mobile applications? Are you looking to test on both physical and simulated devices? Are you tired of manually coding automation scripts and looking for an easier way. This webinar explains how Rapise can simplify the testing of your mobile applications using an Android application and tablet as an example.
Read MoreRapise - Data Driven Testing using the Spreadsheet object
June 9, 2015
Many times, when testing, a tester will want the ability to run through many variations of the process recorded. This can be accomplished manually by running the test, then editing the test to use different data. The process of editing, rerunning, lather, rinse, repeat, gets very old after the first time. Plus this process is not very efficient with time and it can introduce issues through the slip of a finger. Enter Data-Driven Testing with the Spreadsheet Object Read More
Manual & Exploratory Testing with Rapise 3.0
May 18, 2015
Are you looking to improve your software testing? Are you tired of writing test cases 'the old fashioned way'. This article summarizes some of the key points from our recent Webinar on Manual & Exploratory Testing.
Read MoreRapise - Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
March 19, 2015
You have tried nearly everything. You tried learning, that didn't work. You tried simulating the object, but it is moving around. All hope is lost. Here he comes to save the day, that means UnderDog is on the way!!!In this case, underdog, or the hero, may be OCR. Rapise has many built in capabilities to facilitate the learning and identification of objects used in a test, and OCR is one of them. But what is OCR anyway? Read More
Rapise - Global commands - Database
February 20, 2015
In Rapise there are several options as far as controlling interaction with a database from outside the user interface. Most of what you do in Rapise is interaction just like a user would, clicking buttons and interacting with drop-downs, text boxes, and on-screen data, but occasionally there is a need to make a manipulation behind the scenes.
Read MoreRapise - Using Button Objects
February 12, 2015
Once you have learned objects with Rapise, it is time to use them, or modify how you use them. As a primary functional element, buttons are pretty ubiquitous. Submit, Calculate, etc… You push a button for most transactions. This article explains the different operations that can be performed with buttons during automated testing. Read More
Modifying a Previously Recorded Rapise Test
February 6, 2015
You built your first test. And it works, as planned! Congratulations! Based on that test you submitted a bug and proved your worth and the value of automation! Again congrats. Now development has “fixed” the bug, time to retest. OOPS! The test fails, not due to the bug, but because the flow is wrong. Read More
Rapise, Selecting the Library for Recording
January 29, 2015
Rapise is powerful, and flexible. But how? It is not only in the many ways you can learn an object, manipulate an object, or alter the test. Rapise also gives you the ability to select which recognition engine to use. Not only that, you can also modify the engine itself. Read More
Getting Started with Rapise for Automated Testing
January 22, 2015
So lets assume you have read the other articles, and know how to learn objects in Rapise. What do you do now? How do you run and modify a test? The answer depends on the method used to create the test. Read More
Rapise - Specialized Object Learning
November 19, 2014
So, lets say that you are a code genius. You understand what is going on under the hood. The developers of your application have shared intimate details, not only of their bar crawl, but of what each object is in the application. What can you do with this knowledge? Read More
Rapise learning through analog recording
November 5, 2014
What happens when all else fails? You use a hammer. In the case of Rapise, that hammer is analog recording.
Read MoreCommand Line - Taking command for the power tester
September 30, 2014
It seems funny, but sometimes the most powerful trick in your bag can be some of your oldest knowledge. If you ever want to show your true power and put a newbie in their place just type in CMD and start dancing through shell commands. These little nuggets always work and are not reliant on the interface to perform their duties. Done correctly they can provide information that is three or four layers deep in Windows. Read More
Rapise - Learn Through Simulation
September 23, 2014
Every now and again, and it does happen to all of us, we encounter an object that may be poorly built, hacked together, incompletely coded, or just resistant to being recognized by any of the myriad of methods employed within Rapise. I would take this situation from two separate perspectives depending on how often you encounter the issue of not being able to learn or interact with an object with Rapise. Read More
Rapise - Learning through Doing
September 19, 2014
With our test automation tool - Rapise, you have a powerful and flexible automation engine for your QA projects. One of the reasons it is so powerful is that it is easy to get started and develop your first test, delivering results right away.
Read MoreRapise - Learn through Object Selection
September 17, 2014
Rapise has several methods for learning the objects within the application under test. While still easy to learn, this method does not automatically develop a runnable test that will deliver any meaningful results. Herein we will discuss the learning methodology and provide a flow to follow, however we will not have a runnable test in the end as no input or click-stream data will be captured.
Read MoreI Believe in Test Automation, Do You?
August 29, 2014
If you grew up in the 1990s you will remember the science fiction program 'The X-Files' where agent Mulder had to convince a skeptical agent Scully that aliens did exist. Well unlike aliens, test automation is not something you have to believe in or not believe in, automation exists and it works.
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How to Choose What to do to Automate Your Test Plan
January 31, 2014
Boil
the ocean
eat
the elephant
climb
the mountain
and
now - Automate the tests for the application!!