What is
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Compiler Suite?
Compiler Suite enables automatic generation of a number of Test Cases that contain defined variables and data.
Once variables and data are defined, there are three generation methods:
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3) Pairwise method - based on the observation that most faults are caused by interactions of at most two factors, Pairwise-generated test suites cover all combinations of two therefore are much smaller than exhaustive ones yet still very effective in finding defects.
How can I use it?
A step by step process is available.
- Add a Compiler Suite Template
- Add your Test Name and Steps, including variables
- Add the data for your variables
- Choose your generation method
- Preview and select the Test Cases you wish generate
- Generate your Test Cases
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Why would I use it?
Smarter test practices mean time is gained and quality is increased, all three data generation methods can result in up to 85% time savings when creating test suites.
Pairwise testing
Use Cases Benefits are:
- Creating combinatorial data for data load tests.
- Quickly creating hundreds of Test Cases where repetition is required.
- Data driven test planning.
- Creating test cases for an already implemented module without any documented specification.
- During review or
- walk through of specifications
Code review, when thinking about behaviour inside a piece of code.
Future Development
Weighting to assign more importance to specific data.
Seeding to allow a fixed start point of test generation.
Relationships to Requirements supporting Risk Calculations.
Sharing of Datasets to enable reuse of variable data.
Adding variables to Reusable Test Steps
- or code.