Automated testing is an extreme time-saver, especially when you consider regression testing. Regression testing is the testing and retesting of applications when a new feature is introduced in order to verify the existing functionality is still working. To accomplish this, tests cases need to be executed, taking a lot of time especially if they are done manually. This session will show you how to build API tests that follow the user’s journey through the appellation—creating those headless tests magically. Seating is limited and available first come-first served. For more information, please visit http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe

1. Extreme Automation
Creating Headless Tests “Automagically”
Chris Kraus
DevOps: API Management and Application Development
CA Technologies
Product Manager
DO3T38T
@ChrisKraus3
#CAWorld

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Abstract
Automated testing is an extreme time saver, especially
when consider regression testing. Regression testing is
the testing and retesting of applications when a new
feature is introduced in order to verify the existing
functionality is still working. In order to accomplish this,
tests cases need to be executed, taking a lot of time,
especially if they are done manually.
This session will show you how to build API tests that
follow the user’s journey through the appellation –
creating those headless tests magically
Chris Kraus
CA Technologies
Product Manager

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Agenda
CHANGES TO WEB SITES - STATIC TO DYNAMIC
WHY CREATE TESTS THAT FOLLOW THE USER JOURNEY
UNDERSTANDING THE GENERATED DATA AND HOW IT IS HANDLED
GENERATING DYNAMIC TESTS THAT FOLLOW THE USER JOURNEY
DEMO DOCUMENT TRANSACTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTS
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Changes to web sites – Static to Dynamic
 Early 2000’s HTTP post to HTML response
– <Form Action=mypage.jsp>
– POST or GET name=value pairs
– Simple formatting of HTML response
 Mid 2005’s AJAX based web pages
– SOAP or XML data requested
– There is now a “application with bugs” in the browser parsing the data and presenting data
 Enter 2010’s HTML 5 applications
– RESTful request for data
– Response XML or JSON
– Browser code is still a “application with bugs”
Static
Dynamic

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Why create tests that follow the user journey?
 UI (User Interface) testing follows the movement of a user through the
application.
 The test data for a UI test starts with input and then “builds” with more
user data or system returned data.
 Data presented on each screen plug new data creates the journey

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Understand the generated data and how it is handled
 Input data on first page
becomes a dataset
 Create properties bases on
“value” for sharing
 Data returned to the page
via API is potential data into
next step
Show me cars
Show me mileage
Acura
Buick
…
VIN Nbr
Acura
Get a car loan
Terms
VIN Nbr
Acura
AUTO-MAGIC CREATION OF APPLICATION TESTS DATASETS, FILTERS, AND PROPERTY DRIVEN STEPS

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How do find the API’s and the ordering for generation?
 Start Document Transactions
– Limit scope of transactions by
IP address
– Associate transactions with
start and stop time
– Works for any client
applications
– Requires java agent in backend
10:25 am
192.168.168.44
“Acura”
“Buick”
GET /get/cars
“TL”
“RTX”
GET /get/cars/model/Acura
GET /get/cars/Vin/ABC123DEF
“Miles”
“Not salvage”
“Color”
10:25 am
192.168.168.44
J2EE
DevTest Agent

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How do find the API’s and the ordering for generation?
 Use the Chrome plugin to see API’s
– Chrome plugin from Google plugin
– Plugin lives in browser and see’s
requests and response data
– View before encryption and
signatures
– Works with any backend server
Acura
Buick
/get/cars
TL
RTX
/get/cars/model/Acura
/get/cars/Vin/ABC123DEF
Miles
Not salvage
Color
+Install Plugin
CA Continuous Application
Insight Server
Generate CA Application Tests
Transactions

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Demo - User Journey API tests
Generate
Functional
test
Document
Transactions
Generate
functional
test
Chrome plugin

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Handle Dynamic
Data
The user data along with
returned data from the
application is dynamic.
Generated tests are data
driven and parameter driven to
ensure they actually run.
Follow the user
Journey
Applications are API’s used in
the order of the User Journey
through the application. The
order of the API’s makes a
difference.
Generate API test
API tests are easily generated
to follow the user journey. The
API’s are more stable then
automating the UI’s.
The API’s should be leveraged
in multiple applications.
Summary
A Few Words to Review

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Q & A

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