Requrements: Windows 7+, Chrome Browser, Excel (optional, not needed for test execution, but needed if you want to view/edit attached Excel files), ExlJS test automation tool (ideal for data-driven automation out of the box, read about it )
You can download ExlJS test automation tool bundled with Date Parser test scripts from here.
Usage
- Download zip file above.
- Unzip it to some folder.
- Go to that folder and run ExlJS.exe file, GUI Tool will come up.
- In GUI interface Tree View expand "Test Sets" folder, you will see test set called "Regression"
- Right click on "Regression" folder and in context menu select "Run selected Test Set"
- In a new Dialog select "Local Chrome" as a browser and select number of threads for parallel execution (parallel execution in this tool can decrease test execution time from hours to minutes!)
- Click "Start Test Run" button
- Browser(s) will be started and tests will start executing
- Once all tests are finished you will see "Finished running test set" dialog, click OK button and it will open comprehensive test execution report in a new Chrome window.
Notes
To edit test artifact (test cases, object repo, instructions) right-click on the item and select "Edit/view this asset" option. Automated Test cases + associated test data contained in Excel files. To view instruction code from Excel file click on instruction in Keyword column and then press CTRL+SHIFT+G
To quickly navigate to test data, click reference in "Input" column and press CTRL+SHifT+G