The Research and Implementation of a General-Purpose Automated Software Testing Infrastructure

摘要

To make the labor intensive manual software testing automated, we present the design and implementation of a general-purpose automated software testing infrastructure we have developed. With the two main tools within the infrastructure: an automated software testing scheduler, Harness; and a log file error analyzer, Logscanner, the summary report can be sent to the testing engineer immediately after the test is over via email, even when the testing engineer is away from the testing site. This is a breakthrough from the traditional testing scenario. The functionality and features of the general-purpose automated software testing infrastructure help to increase the testing efficiency, reduce the labor intensity of software testing, which in turn, leads to the decrease in testing cost.