Tools for test execution and logging

Following are the tools used for text execution and logging:

i) Test execution tools
ii) Test harness or Unit test framework tools
iii) Test comparator
iv) Coverage measurement tools
v) Security tools

text execution tools

i) Test execution tools

  • Test execution tools are called as test running tool as they help in running the tests efficiently.
  • Test execution tools start with recording or capturing manual tests, hence they are called as capture or playback tools.
  • These tools require a scripting language to run a particular tool. If any tester runs a test execution tool directly, he will require the  programming skill to construct and modify the script because scripting language is a programming language.
Features of test execution tools:

  • They record the test inputs during manual execution of tests.
  • Expected output is stored in the form of the object and this output is compared with the next output.
  • The tests are executed from the stored scripts.
  • They run the test log results like pass or fail & provide the differences between expected and actual result.
  • They compute the time for tests.
  • Send the summary of outputs to the test management tool.

ii) Test harness / Unit test framework tools

  • The test harness/ unit test framework tools are mostly used by the developers.
  • Test harness provides stubs and drivers. Stubs and drivers are the small programs which interact with the software.
  • Unit test framework tools are used in object-oriented software.
  • The unit test framework is used in agile development to automate the tests along with the development.
  • Both the tools i.e. harness and unit test framework allow the developers to test and recognize any defect.
  • The stubs and drivers provide the required information and receive any information sent by the software.
Features of test harness and unit test framework tools:

  • Provide the input to the software which is being tested.
  • Receive the output produced by the tested software.
  • Execute a set of tests in the framework.
  • The pass or fail outputs are recorded for each test.
  • Provide the support for debugging.

iii) Test comparator

  • Test comparator help to automate the actual and expected results generated by the software.
  • Dynamic comparison and post-execution comparison are the two ways in which actual result of test is compared with the expected result.

iv) Coverage measurement tools

  • The coverage measurement tools are used to recognize the elements which can be counted.
  • The process of recognizing the coverage items at component testing level is known as instrumenting the code.
Features of coverage measurement tools:

  • Recognize the coverage items.
  • Calculate the percentage of coverage items tested by a set of tests.
  • Report the coverage items which are not tested.
  • Produce stubs and drivers if it is a part of a unit test framework.

v) Security tools

  • Security testing tools are used to test the security of the system by hacking it.
  • The attacks focus on the network, application code or database, provided software.
Features of security testing tools:

  • Recognize the viruses and instructions.
  • Simulate the different types of external attacks.
  • Recognize the weaknesses in the password files and passwords.
  • Security checks are completed during operations.
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