Welcome, to the testing space. Here you will find information about Verne testing tools. In addition you will also find information on where to start if you are newbie to testing Verne and how to write and execute test scenarios using our automation framework – Hercules.
Magellan with its inbuilt Hercules automation framework is primarily to automate UI testing by emulating user interaction with the browsers. However it is certainly not limited to just that. It also provides additional benefits to the testers such as
- Provide real-time feedback to configurators by not waiting for deployment processes – Testers and configurators can work on the same branch and can pull and push code and testing scenarios (automated and functional). Testers can start a local instance of the application on the branch that the configurator is working on allowing the tester to provide real-time feedback on the in-progress work.
- Reuse of tests – Tests are written in the same tool by both testers and configurators allowing reuse of tests. This encourages better collaboration between configurators and testers as tests are written. It also provides the team greater transparency in understanding automated test coverage.
- Inclusion and clarity – Tests are written in BDD (Behavioral Driven Development) mode. BDD is meant to be collaborative as test scenarios are written in plain language and not unreadable code or obscure technical jargon. This allows clarity for everyone from the customer to the tester on the expected behaviors as the system is configured.
- Easy creation of test data – Magellan has in-built test hooks with Verne. This allows easy creation of test data using data seeding techniques rather than having to create test data for testing positive and negative scenarios via the UI which is much slower. This in turn allows speedier testing of test scenarios.
- Test Management – Tests can be written in Magellan for manual testing. Have the manual tests in one tool allows the tester to easily automate them at a later point in time. With its Git support Magellan also has the capability to store manual test results and search on test results. However the capability is limited and is not a replacement for a test management system.
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