I always hear this from people "scripting is the best part in tools and I want to master scripting". Most people misunderstand scripting vs hand-coding. Hand-coding is remembering commands/syntax and typing the same whereas scripting includes both hand-typing as well as generating code thru wizards. Tools provide a lot of ways to generate code. A machine generated code is more trust-worthy than a hand-typed code and it consumes less time. But people somehow feel good when they hand-type - known as "my code" syndrome. Let us see when and where we must use scripting efficiently.
Mere record and replay cannot solve 100% of our problems. We need to use scripting as well. Typically it will range from 5-15% overall in any load testing project.
1. Manual correlation. When we need to manually correlate some dynamic data, we must use correlation commands. Nowadays many tools provide a facility to locate a text and add command automatically. If that does not work well, you can do the same manually.
2. Taking a decision. Imagine a scenario in a ticket booking app. A page is displayed with flights data and we need to choose a flight between 8am and 9am. If the screen does not have filters for such time selection, the only way we can achieve is by scripting. You can get the whole response text in a variable thru correlation and then use string manipulation commands to select a flight with given criteria. Here we treat the html response as pure text data and locate the data we need.
3. Skipping actions/iterations due to data issues. If we need to skip subsequent steps, when we do not get proper data from parameter csv files or null data inputs or no data from server response, we can use this technique. Before any form is populated with data, check the validity of data using if conditions and then send the request.
4. Repeat a portion of a script. Many tools provide iterations for folders/containers/actions/blocks of code. If you want to repeat an entire block, you can use that built-in feature. If you need a set of lines within a block to repeat, you can write your own loops.
5. Custom logging. If you need to log some text or data in the way you need, you can use file handling open-write-close methods to achieve the same.
For free lessons on automation tools, visit us at http://www.openmentor.net.
Mere record and replay cannot solve 100% of our problems. We need to use scripting as well. Typically it will range from 5-15% overall in any load testing project.
1. Manual correlation. When we need to manually correlate some dynamic data, we must use correlation commands. Nowadays many tools provide a facility to locate a text and add command automatically. If that does not work well, you can do the same manually.
2. Taking a decision. Imagine a scenario in a ticket booking app. A page is displayed with flights data and we need to choose a flight between 8am and 9am. If the screen does not have filters for such time selection, the only way we can achieve is by scripting. You can get the whole response text in a variable thru correlation and then use string manipulation commands to select a flight with given criteria. Here we treat the html response as pure text data and locate the data we need.
3. Skipping actions/iterations due to data issues. If we need to skip subsequent steps, when we do not get proper data from parameter csv files or null data inputs or no data from server response, we can use this technique. Before any form is populated with data, check the validity of data using if conditions and then send the request.
4. Repeat a portion of a script. Many tools provide iterations for folders/containers/actions/blocks of code. If you want to repeat an entire block, you can use that built-in feature. If you need a set of lines within a block to repeat, you can write your own loops.
5. Custom logging. If you need to log some text or data in the way you need, you can use file handling open-write-close methods to achieve the same.
For free lessons on automation tools, visit us at http://www.openmentor.net.
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