Testingmind 2021 - Test Automation Maturity Model

Description

A simple test automation tool to demonstrate levels of automation maturity.

Test Steps:

• Starts a Chrome browser
• Navigates to a Google URL with a specified search term
• Confirms the browser title includes the search term

Levels of maturity:

1. Run locally
2. Parameterized tests
3. Containerized testing
4. Run automatically on triggers
5. Run from published test container

How to use this demo

Prerequisites needed

Local system needs all of these pre-installed

• Python 3.9
• Chrome
• Chromedriver
• Docker
• Docker Hub account
• GitHub account

Level 1:

1. Download repository
2. Enter a terminal window
3. Navigate to the repository root directory
4. Install requirements:
   pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Run test:
   pytest -m local

Level 2:

1. Level 1 steps
2. (optional) Set or unset environment variables for 1 or more of:
   • BASE_URL : URL to search engine
   • SEARCH_TERMS : Comma separated list of search terms
3. Run test:
   pytest -m parameterized

Level 3:

1. Level 2 steps
2. Build the image from Dockerfile:
   docker build -t tm21 .
3. Run the docker container:
   docker run -e SEARCH_TERMS -e BASE_URL tm21 "-m dockerized"

Level 4:

1. Place code in a GitHub origin repository
2. (optional) Configure ./.github/test_on_push.yml env parameters
3. Perform a Push operation to origin repository

Level 5:

1. Level 4 steps
2. Log into GitHub web interface
3. Select "Actions" options
4. Select "Run tests in published docker image" workflow
5. Select "Run workflow" dropdown
6. (optional) configure the search terms
7. Click "Run workflow" button

Windows convenience batch files

These batch files perform local testing

• testlocal.bat : run local tests

• testparam.bat : run parameterized tests

• These batch files perform common docker commands for the repo

• build.bat : builds the docker image locally

• run.bat : runs the local docker image

• open.bat : runs the local docker image and enters it in a shell

• pull.bat : pulls the published docker image from Docker hub