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Overview
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User's Guide
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Overview
This chapter gives you the big picture, so that you can quickly begin creating
powerful reusable tests in the Segue
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4Test language--tests that
dramatically decrease your risk and increase the return on your QA
investment. You'll not only be able to do more testing with fewer staff in the
same amount of time, but by reusing tests, you'll maintain a single standard
of quality for your application over time--across releases, platforms, and
networks.
This chapter covers the following topics:
The automated testing process
The testing process has these four steps:
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Creating a testplan (if you are using QA Organizer)
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The automated testing process
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Getting started
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The anatomy of a basic testcase
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The built-in recovery system
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SilkTest architecture
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The 4Test language
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The basic tools
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Online information
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Where to go from here
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