Getting Started

Step by step tutorial to create your first test automtion.

What will be covered ?

  • Add a new application and configure it in pixel-designer

  • Capture the controls for application that needs to be automated in pixel-designer

  • Create a new automation project in pixel-designer

  • Configure how application will be launched and closed as part of environment setup and tear down in pixel-designer

  • Add new test fixtures and test cases in pixel-designer

  • Execute test cases in pixel-designer

  • Publish the project version from pixel-designer

  • *Create a template in pixel-runner

  • *Execute test case in pixel-runner using template

  • *See details of test case execution on web portal

    To follow along with steps marked with *, pixel-designer should be running in online mode

Prerequisites

You should have a working setup as described in Installation section. If you want to quickly try out pixel-designer only, you don’t need to setup pixel-persistence service and can use pixel-designer in offline mode.


Add new application

Add and configure new application for which we need to create automation test cases in pixel-designer

Capture controls

Capture and configure controls to automate for the calculator application in pixel-designer

Create new project

Create a new automation project for holding test cases for calculator

Setup and Teardown

Having created a new automation project, We will configure how the application to be tested is launched and closed.

Add fixtures

Add few fixtures to the automation process

Add test cases

Add few test cases to the automation process

Publish project

Publish a given version of project.

Execute test cases

Create templates in pixel-runner and use them to execute your test cases.

View Test Results

View test results on the dashboard.


Last modified December 31, 2022: Installation and getting started docs (9b71d1c)