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Getting Started with QA Wizard Pro

QA Wizard Pro records actions you perform as you interact with a web, Windows, or Java application and adds them as steps in scripts used to automate testing. After recording scripts, you can modify them to make sure they perform all actions required to complete a test. When you are ready to perform tests, run scripts and then review the results in a detailed report. This gives you all the information needed to verify tests and report issues to the development team.

Before you start

Review the following information to learn more about QA Wizard Pro and automated testing.

Key QA Wizard Pro concepts provides an overview of common terminology and concepts you should be familiar with before using QA Wizard Pro.
Understanding the testing process provides information about QA Wizard Pro concepts in context of the automated testing process.
QA Wizard Pro Best Practices provides recommended guidelines that can help you avoid common mistakes and improve the quality of your automated tests.

Starting to use QA Wizard Pro

Following are some common tasks you should complete to get started with QA Wizard Pro. If you need help installing QA Wizard Pro, see Installing QA Wizard Pro.

1. Start QA Wizard Pro and add your license.

2. Get familiar with the QA Wizard Pro interface.

Tip: You can use the SampleScripts workspace installed with QA Wizard Pro to view sample web and Windows scripts and experiment with QA Wizard Pro functionality before setting up your own tests. See Sample scripts and applications.

3. Create a workspace to organize scripts, run reports, datasheets, and any other files for performing tests.

4. Add the application to the local application repository.

5. Record scripts against the application to capture actions to perform during the test and add the windows and controls to the repository.

6. Run scripts to perform tests. During playback, QA Wizard Pro compares the tested application against the window and control information in the application repository. If differences are found, the script fails.

7. View results reports for information about scripts that ran, any warnings or errors that occurred, and the overall status of the playback session.

Taking it to the next level

After you become more familiar with QA Wizard Pro, you can perform the following tasks to create more complex tests.

Modify scripts to add or edit statements that perform actions during playback.
Use checkpoints to verify application attributes.
Create data-driven scripts to run multiple iterations of the same test using different sets of data from datasheets.
Modify window and control properties to optimize tests and manage changes to the application.
Debug scripts to troubleshoot errors.
Install and configure the QA Wizard Pro Server to use the dashboard and status tool to monitor playback or use the global application repository to provide application data to other users.