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Recap

We've come to the end of the Best Practices. Below, we can expand to see what the ideal suite and its scripts should be. These are key building blocks to the Direct Script or Model based approaches which should not change.

We've built the suite ensuring the key principles of: Modularisation and Reusability are followed, while ensuring the scripts reflect the user interaction to maintain Simplicity of the automation.

Eggplant Suite:
// static parameters for execution
return {
    browser:{
        chrome:(0,72,1920,1038),
    }
}

// function to launch browser for all browsers
to launchBrowser browser,url
    set universal browser to browser
    typetext windowskey,"r"
    wait 1
    typetext browser&&url,returnkey
    waitfor 20, image:"logos" // LOGO
end launchBrowser

//function to close browser for all browsers
to closeBrowser
    typetext altkey,f4
    wait 0.5
end closeBrowser

// function to navigate using action and validation framework
to navigate action,validation
    click text:action,searchRectangle:config().browser.(universal browser)
    wait 1.4 // page transition
    waitfor 20, text:validation,searchRectangle:config().browser.(universal browser)
end navigate

// function to scroll to text using exact match and return location of result
to scrollTo toFind
    repeat until imagefound(
                    waitfor:0,
                    text:<not preceded by (1 to 2 characters," ") , toFind, not followed by (" ", characters)>,
                    searchRectangle:config().browser.(universal browser)
        )
        mouseScroll() //
        wait 0.6
        if repeatindex() > 5 then logerror "Cannot find"&&toFind
    end repeat
    set global searchArea to ()
    return foundimageinfo().imageRectangle
end scrollTo

// scroll solution
to mouseScroll
    moveto the center of RemoteScreenRectangle()
    ScrollWheelDown 6
    wait 0.9
end mouseScroll

to textBox label, input
    click center of common.scrollTo(label)
    wait 0.2
    typetext input
    wait 0.2
end textBox

to radioButton label,option,radioButtonOffset:(-20,-2,0,7)
    common.scrollTo(label)
    put imageRectangle(text:option)+ radioButtonOffset into optionArea
    click center of optionArea
    log imagefound(0,image:"icons/radioButton/true",searchRectangle:optionArea)
end radioButton

to datePicker label,day,month,year
    common.scrollTo(label)
    textBox("Day"),(day)
    textBox("Month"),(month)
    textBox("Year"),(year)
end datePicker

to dropDown label, input
    click center of common.scrollTo(label)
    wait 0.3
    typetext input,escapeKey
    wait 0.2
end dropDown

// function that moves to and initiates dropdown
to mainMenu menu,action,validation
    moveto text:menu,searchRectangle:config().browser.(universal browser)
    wait 0.3
    common.navigate (action),(validation)
end mainMenu

Direct Script Approach​

This is first view of what the Direct Script Approach should look like. We have all 4 testcases created and ready to execute. An observation for next steps, would be looking at parameterising the first 2 testcases which share exactly the same flow but with different data.

As can be seen, the direct script approach / traditional test case management limitations are clear to see in terms of repeated effort. However, if we look at the DAI wrappers in the next section, we can see how one script can be applied to multiple instances - and will require us to do one change to the code (if required).

Script Based Testcases:
// Step: 1
common.launchBrowser ("chrome"),("https://demo.nopcommerce.com/")
// Step: 2
"custom/menu".mainmenu("Computers"),("Desktops"),("Sort by")
// Step: 3
common.navigate("Digital Storm VANQUISH 3"),("SKU: DS_VA3_PC")
// Step: 4
common.navigate ("ADD TO CART"),("The product has been added to your shopping cart")
// Step: 5
common.navigate ("Shopping cart"),("Digital Storm VANQUISH 3 Custom Performance PC")
//End
common.closeBrowser
// Step: 1
common.launchBrowser ("chrome"),("https://demo.nopcommerce.com/")
// Step: 2
"custom/menu".mainMenu("Apparel"),("Clothing"),("Sort by")
// Step: 3
common.navigate("Levi's 511 Jeans"),("SKU: LV_511_JN")
// Step: 4
common.navigate ("ADD TO CART"),("The product has been added to your shopping cart")
// Step: 5
common.navigate ("Shopping cart"),("Levi's 511 Jeans")
//End
common.closeBrowser
// Step: 1
common.launchBrowser ("chrome"),("https://demo.nopcommerce.com/")
// Step: 2
common.navigate("Books"),("Sort by")
// Step: 3
common.navigate("Pride and Prejudice"),("SKU: PRIDE_PRJ")
// Step: 4
common.navigate ("ADD TO CART"),("The product has been added to your shopping cart")
// Step: 5
common.navigate ("Shopping cart"),("Pride and Prejudice")

//End
common.closeBrowser
// Step: 1
common.launchBrowser ("chrome"),("https://demo.nopcommerce.com/")
// Step: 2
common.navigate("Register"),("Your Personal Details")
// Textstyle for data entry to ensure accuracy.
set the textStyle to (contrast:"On", contrastColor:"#737573", contrastTolerance:"99")
// Step: 3
"custom/data entry".radioButton ("Gender"),("Female")
"custom/data entry".textBox("First name"),("Testing")
"custom/data entry".textBox("Last name"),("123")
"custom/data entry".datePicker ("Date of birth"),("1"),("January"),("1990")
"custom/data entry".textBox("Email"),("testing@email.com")
"custom/data entry".textBox("Password"),("testing123")
"custom/data entry".textBox("Confirm password"),("testing123")
set the textStyle to "Default"
Step: 4 & 5
common.navigate("REGISTER"),("Your registration completed")
// End
common.closeBrowser

Model Based Approach​

Below is our Model representation of our 4 testcases. Here we can see that through aggregation of the test steps and abstraction of the item catalog and item pages, we are left with a clear visual understanding of what our reoccurring test flows are.

As we have abstracted out the item catalog and item pages (not modelled the specific pages and generalised the flow), we need to consider parameterising the journeys within DAI using State level variables eg. our submenu flow. The variable submenu will be provided by DAI based on the options present in the UI.

to computers submenu
    "custom/menu".mainmenu("Computers"),(submenu),("Sort by")
end computers
DAI Wrappers:
to launchNopcommerce
    common.launchBrowser ("chrome"),("https://demo.nopcommerce.com/")
end launchNopcommerce
to computers submenu
    "custom/menu".mainmenu("Computers"),(submenu),("Sort by")
end computers

to apparel submenu
    "custom/menu".mainmenu("Apparel"),(submenu),("Sort by")
end apparel

to books
    common.navigate ("Books"),("Sort by")
end books

to register
    common.navigate("Register"),("Your Personal Details")
end register

to shoppingCart item
    common.navigate ("Shopping cart"),(item)
end shoppingCart
to close
    common.closeBrowser
end close
to selectItem item, sku
    common.navigate(item),(sku)
end selectItem
to addToCart
    common.navigate ("ADD TO CART"),("The product has been added to your shopping cart")
end addToCart
to enterDetails
    // Textstyle for data entry to ensure accuracy.
    set the textStyle to (contrast:"On", contrastColor:"#737573", contrastTolerance:"99")

    // Step: 3
    "custom/data entry".radioButton ("Gender"),("Female")
    "custom/data entry".textBox("First name"),("Testing")
    "custom/data entry".textBox("Last name"),("123")
    "custom/data entry".datePicker ("Date of birth"),("1"),("January"),("1990")
    "custom/data entry".textBox("Email"),("testing@email.com")
    "custom/data entry".textBox("Password"),("testing123")
    "custom/data entry".textBox("Confirm password"),("testing123")
    set the textStyle to "Default"
end enterDetails

to register
    common.navigate("REGISTER"),("Your registration completed")
end register

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