Electronic technology resource evaluation system

• US 10,127,141 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2017
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Kalyanasundram, Senthil Nathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Butler, Sarai E
• Application Number:
  US15/437,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20180239692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 714 381
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/263 Generation of test inputs, e.g. test vectors, patterns or sequences ; with adaptation of the tested hardware for testability with external testers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/273 Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits G06F11/263 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3696 Methods or tools to render software testable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, methods and computer program products for testing a technology resource application. Specifically, the system typically provides an adaptive application testing framework configured for testing of the technology resource application using multiple testing tool applications, by facilitating portability of test objects associated with the technology resource application across the multiple testing tool applications. In this regard, the system constructs a test object repository comprising one or more test objects. In other aspects, the adaptive application testing framework of the present invention provides a test asset manager interface that facilitates construction, modification, search and management of the test objects and the test object repository in an integrated manner.

Claims

1. A computerized system for testing a technology resource application, wherein the computerized system provides an adaptive application testing framework configured for testing of the technology resource application using multiple testing tool applications by facilitating portability of test objects associated with the technology resource application across the multiple testing tool applications, comprising:

a computer apparatus including at least one processor, at least one memory device, and a network communication device; and

an adaptive application testing module stored in the at least one memory device comprising computer readable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

retrieve, from the at least one memory device, a functional feature of a technology resource application stored in the at least one memory device, wherein the functional feature is an operational element of the technology resource application;

create one or more test objects associated with the functional feature of the technology resource application, wherein creating the one or more test objects comprises creating a query pointer path for each of the one or more test objects;

construct, automatically, a test object repository for the one or more test objects, wherein constructing the test object repository comprises constructing an object repository code, in a test object file, comprising the one or more test objects as nodes in a logical structure of the object repository code, wherein the query pointer paths of the one or more test objects are configured for selection of the nodes within the test object file;

construct a first application test script associated with a first testing tool application, wherein the first application test script comprises code for one or more test steps for testing the technology resource application using the first testing tool application, wherein each of the one or more test steps are associated with at least one test object of the one or more test objects for testing the functional features of the technology resource application;

determine one or more test data artifacts associated with testing the technology resource application, wherein the one or more test data artifacts are associated with the one or more test objects; and

initiate, via the first testing tool application, testing of the technology resource application using the first application test script and the test object repository, wherein testing of the technology resource application comprises executing first application test script by parsing the one or more test objects from the test object repository and the associated test data artifacts into the first application test script based on the one or more test steps to test the technology resource application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein initiating, via the first testing tool application, the testing of the technology resource application, further comprises:

parsing a first test step of the one or more test steps associated with the first application test script;

determining a first test object of the one or more test objects referenced by the first test step;

retrieving, from a first memory location, a first test data artifact of the one or more test data artifacts associated with the first test object;

testing the technology resource application by providing the first data artifact as an input to the functional feature of the technology resource application based on selecting the first test object node in the object repository code using the query pointer path; and

in response to testing the technology resource application, determining a first test output provided by the technology resource application.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein initiating, via the first testing tool application, the testing of the technology resource application further comprises generating a testing report for the technology resource application based on the first test output.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein executing the computer readable instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

determine a plurality of test cases for testing the technology resource application, wherein the plurality of test cases are associated with the first application test script;

executing, automatically, via an execution medium, the plurality of test cases for testing the technology resource application, in parallel; and

generating a testing report based on the execution of the plurality of test cases.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first testing tool application is associated with a first technical platform, wherein the first application test script comprising the one or more test steps is associated with the first technical platform, wherein executing the computer readable instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

receive an indication to initiate testing of the technology resource application using a second testing tool application, wherein the second testing tool application is associated with a second technical platform;

construct a second application test script associated with the second testing tool application, wherein constructing the second application test script comprises transforming the one or more test steps of the first application test script into a format associated with the second technical platform; and

initiate, via the second testing tool application, testing of the technology resource application using the second application test script, the test object repository and the associated test data artifacts.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the object repository code is encoded in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format in the test object file.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein creating the one or more test objects associated with the technology resource application, further comprises:

receiving an indication to create a first test object of the one or more test objects for testing the functional feature of the technology resource application;

determining a first unique identifier for the first test object;

determining one or more object parameters for the first test object;

constructing a first query pointer path associated with the first test object based at least on the first unique identifier; and

constructing the test object repository comprising the first test object, wherein constructing the test object repository comprises constructing the object repository code with a first node associated with the first test object based on the one or more object parameters of the first test object and the first query pointer path.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the adaptive application testing module further comprises instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

receive an indication to create a second test object of the one or more test objects for testing a first functional feature of the technology resource application, wherein the second object is associated with a child class of the first test object;

determine a second unique identifier for the second test object;

determine one or more object parameters for the second test object comprising a child class parameter of one or more object parameters;

construct a second query pointer path associated with the second test object based at least on the second unique identifier; and

modify the test object repository to comprise the first test object and the second test object, wherein modifying the test object repository comprises augmenting the object repository code with a second node associated with the second test object such that the second node is child of the first node.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more object parameters comprise a class parameter and an object type parameter.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the object type parameter comprises a web edit object type, a web button object type, a web list object type, a web area object type, a checkbox object type, a radio group object type, and a web table object type.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more object parameters are associated with location properties of the functional feature of the technology resource application associated with the first test object, wherein the one or more object parameters comprise a cascading sheet style (CSS) parameter, an element tag name parameter, a link text parameter, a partial link text parameter, and a class name parameter.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more object parameters are associated with user interface properties of the functional feature of the technology resource application associated with the first test object, wherein the one or more object parameters comprise a key parameter, a default value parameter, a category parameter, and an information parameter.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the adaptive application testing module further comprises instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

initiate, via a display device of a user device, a presentation of a test asset manager interface on the user device;

receive, via the test asset manager interface, the one or more test objects associated with the technology resource application from a user, wherein receiving the one or more test objects further comprises receiving one or more object parameters for the one or more test objects;

display, via the test asset manager interface, the query pointer path for each of the one or more test objects; and

display, via the test asset manager interface, the test object repository comprising the one or more test objects.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the adaptive application testing module further comprises instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

receive, via the test asset manager interface, an indication to add a new test object to the test object repository from the user; and

modify the test object repository to comprise the one or more test objects and the new test object, wherein modifying the test object repository comprises modifying the object repository code in the test object file.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the test asset manager interface is configured to allow the user to search the test object repository for a first object of the one or more objects.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the adaptive application testing module further comprises instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

receive, via the test asset manager interface, an indication to modify a first test object of the one or more test objects from the user; and

modify the test object repository based on the indication from the user, wherein modifying the test object repository comprises modifying the object repository code in the test object file.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the adaptive application testing module further comprises instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

log, in real time, one or more actions performed by the user via the test asset manager interface; and

display, via the test asset manager interface, the logged one or more actions.

18. A computer program product for testing a technology resource application, wherein the computer program product is configured for testing of the technology resource application using multiple testing tool applications by facilitating portability of test objects associated with the technology resource application across the multiple testing tool applications, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions to:

retrieve, from the at least one memory device, a functional feature of a technology resource application stored in the at least one memory device, wherein the functional feature is an operational element of the technology resource application;

create one or more test objects associated with the functional feature of the technology resource application, wherein creating the one or more test objects comprises creating a query pointer path for each of the one or more test objects;

construct, automatically, a test object repository for the one or more test objects, wherein constructing the test object repository comprises constructing an object repository code, in a test object file, comprising the one or more test objects as nodes in a logical structure of the object repository code, wherein the query pointer paths of the one or more test objects are configured for selection of the nodes within the test object file;

construct a first application test script associated with a first testing tool application, wherein the first application test script comprises code for one or more test steps for testing the technology resource application using the first testing tool application, wherein each of the one or more test steps are associated with at least one test object of the one or more test objects for testing the functional features of the technology resource application;

determine one or more test data artifacts associated with testing the technology resource application, wherein the one or more test data artifacts are associated with the one or more test objects; and

initiate, via the first testing tool application, testing of the technology resource application using the first application test script and the test object repository, wherein testing of the technology resource application comprises executing first application test script by parsing the one or more test objects from the test object repository and the associated test data artifacts into the first application test script based on the one or more test steps to test the technology resource application.

19. A computerized method for testing a technology resource application, wherein the computerized method is configured for testing of the technology resource application using multiple testing tool applications by facilitating portability of test objects associated with the technology resource application across the multiple testing tool applications, comprising:

retrieving, from the at least one memory device, a functional feature of a technology resource application stored in the at least one memory device, wherein the functional feature is an operational element of the technology resource application;

creating one or more test objects associated with the functional feature of the technology resource application, wherein creating the one or more test objects comprises creating a query pointer path for each of the one or more test objects;

constructing, automatically, a test object repository for the one or more test objects, wherein constructing the test object repository comprises constructing an object repository code, in a test object file, comprising the one or more test objects as nodes in a logical structure of the object repository code, wherein the query pointer paths of the one or more test objects are configured for selection of the nodes within the test object file;

constructing a first application test script associated with a first testing tool application, wherein the first application test script comprises code for one or more test steps for testing the technology resource application using the first testing tool application, wherein each of the one or more test steps are associated with at least one test object of the one or more test objects for testing the functional features of the technology resource application;

determining one or more test data artifacts associated with testing the technology resource application, wherein the one or more test data artifacts are associated with the one or more test objects; and

initiating, via the first testing tool application, testing of the technology resource application using the first application test script and the test object repository, wherein testing of the technology resource application comprises executing first application test script by parsing the one or more test objects from the test object repository and the associated test data artifacts into the first application test script based on the one or more test steps to test the technology resource application.

20. The computerized method of claim 19, wherein the first testing tool application is associated with a first technical platform, wherein the first application test script comprising the one or more test steps is associated with the first technical platform, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an indication to initiate testing of the technology resource application using a second testing tool application, wherein the second testing tool application is associated with a second technical platform;

constructing a second application test script associated with the second testing tool application, wherein constructing the second application test script comprises transforming the one or more test steps of the first application test script into a format associated with the second technical platform; and

initiating, via the second testing tool application, testing of the technology resource application using the second application test script, the test object repository and the associated test data artifacts.