Automatically modifying a test for a program on multiple electronic devices

• US 9,658,933 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Glaser, Scott, Vyas, Kunal, Singh, Vijay, Paila, Nataraj
• Primary Examiner(s): Desta, Elias
• Application Number:
  US13/930,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20140005974A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• 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 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites

Abstract

A system and method for configuring a test for a program is provided. The method, for example, may include receiving, by a processor, an identification of an electronic device, retrieving, by the processor, a configuration of the electronic device from a memory, modifying, by the processor, at least one step of the test based upon the configuration of the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a test for a program, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, an identification of an electronic device configured to operate the program;

retrieving, by the processor, a configuration of the electronic device from a memory, the configuration including a screen size ratio, a device web browser and a device operating system;

automatically modifying, by the processor, at least one step of the test based upon the screen size ratio, the device web browser and the device operating system of the electronic device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a location of the electronic device; and

automatically modifying, by the processor, the at least one step of the test based upon the location of the electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining the at least one step of the test requires modification based upon the configuration of the electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the processor, a location of the electronic device based upon the identification of the electronic device; and

automatically modifying, by the processor, the at least one step of the test based upon the location of the electronic device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is an emulator.

6. A system for configuring a test for a program on a plurality of electronic devices, comprising:

a memory configured to store a respective configuration for each of the plurality of electronic devices, the configuration including a screen size ratio, a device web browser and a device operating system associated with each of the plurality of electronic devices;

a communication system; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the communication system, the processor configured to;

receive an identification for one of the plurality of electronic devices;

retrieve a corresponding configuration of the one of the plurality of electronic devices from the memory; and

automatically modify at least one step of the test based upon the screen size ratio, the device web browser and the device operating system of the one of the plurality of electronic devices.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve the test from the memory.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve at least one step of the test from the communication.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a location of the one of the plurality of electronic devices; and

automatically modify the at least one step of the test based upon the location of the one of the plurality of electronic devices.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the at least one step of the test requires modification based upon the configuration of the one of the plurality of electronic devices.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a location of the one of the plurality of electronic devices based upon the identification of the one of the plurality of electronic devices;

and

automatically modifying, by the processor, the at least one step of the test based upon the location of the one of the plurality of electronic devices.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the program is a HTML 5 program and the test is performed by a browser automation system.

13. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the test in an emulator for the one of the plurality of electronic devices.

14. A computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

determine an identification of an electronic device configured to operate a program;

retrieve a configuration of the electronic device from a memory, the configuration including a screen size ratio, a device web browser and a device operating system associated with the electronic devices; and

automatically modify at least one step of a test for the program based upon the screen size ratio, the device web browser and the device operating system of the electronic device.