End to end testing automation and parallel test execution

• US 9,032,373 B1
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gupta, Ritesh K., Somisetty, Venkata R., Janumahanthi, Santosh K., M V G, Nagesh V, Thota, Praveen, Vb, Vikram K.
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, RONGFA PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US14/138,362
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 717/127
• US Class Current: 717/127
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites

Abstract

Provisioning and/or configuring machines (real and/or virtual) for multiple parallel execution of multiple test cases. The test cases correspond to different software configurations (such as different platform version and product version configurations) and are executed at substantially overlapping time(s), which is to say in “parallel.”

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a plurality of test cases respectively corresponding to a plurality of software configurations;

provisioning a set of computing resources for running the plurality of test cases in parallel; and

configuring the set of computing resources for running the plurality of test cases in parallel;

wherein;

the receiving a plurality of test cases includes receiving a file having data corresponding to attributes of the plurality of software configurations;

the attributes of the plurality of software configurations include at least;

a plurality of operating system versions; and

a plurality of product versions; and

at least the provisioning and configuring is performed automatically by machine logic.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

executing the plurality of test cases, in parallel, on the set of computing resources.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the file is a comma separated value file.

4. A computer program product comprising software stored on a software storage device, the software comprising:

first program instructions programmed to receive, by a processor, a plurality of test cases respectively corresponding to a plurality of software configurations;

second program instructions programmed to provision a set of computing resources for running the plurality of test cases in parallel; and

third program instructions programmed to configure the set of computing resources for running the plurality of test cases in parallel;

wherein;

the receiving a plurality of test cases includes receiving a file having data corresponding to attributes of the plurality of software configurations;

the attributes of the plurality of software configurations include at least;

a plurality of operating system versions; and

a plurality of product versions; and

the software is stored on a software storage device in a manner less transitory than a signal in transit.

5. The computer program product of claim 4 further comprising:

fourth program instructions programmed to execute the plurality of test cases, in parallel, on the set of computing resources.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 wherein the file is a comma separated value file.

7. A computer system comprising:

a processor(s) set; and

a software storage device;

wherein;

the processor set is structured, located, connected, and/or programmed to run software stored on the software storage device; and

the software comprises;

first program instructions programmed to receive, by a processor, a plurality of test cases respectively corresponding to a plurality of software configurations;

second program instructions programmed to provision a set of computing resources for running the plurality of test cases in parallel; and

third program instructions programmed to configure the set of computing resources for running the plurality of test cases in parallel;

wherein;

the receiving a plurality of test cases includes receiving a file having data corresponding to attributes of the plurality of software configurations; and

the attributes of the plurality of software configurations include at least;

a plurality of operating system versions; and

a plurality of product versions.

8. The computer system of claim 7 further comprising:

fourth program instructions programmed to execute the plurality of test cases, in parallel, on the set of computing resources.

9. The computer system of claim 7 wherein the file is a comma separated value file.