Testing Integration Automation System for Software Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual testing of software updates across numerous versions and runtime environments becomes cumbersome and resource-intensive, requiring extensive time and personnel to ensure forwards and backwards compatibility, leading to stalled development and delayed updates.
Innovation Solution
A testing integration and automation system (TIAS) that enables developers to create a single functional test procedure, which is then executed across various testing scenarios, including different versions, components, and environments, using a testing API to integrate and automate compatibility testing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual testing is performed across numerous versions and runtime environments, then testing completeness and compatibility assurance are improved, but time consumption and resource requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the testing process by separating test procedure creation from test execution. A single test procedure is created once and then automatically executed across multiple versions and runtime environments through systematic segmentation of testing scenarios, eliminating the need for manual repetition of testing across each configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining test procedures that can be automatically executed across multiple scenarios. The test procedures are prepared in advance and stored for automated execution against different software versions and runtime environments, eliminating the need for manual re-testing and ensuring comprehensive compatibility coverage.
2Reliability
If comprehensive testing across all versions and environments is performed, then software quality is improved, but development speed deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by creating a single master test procedure that is then automatically copied and executed across multiple versions and runtime environments. This single test procedure serves as a template that is systematically applied to all testing scenarios, ensuring consistent quality verification without manual repetition and maintaining rapid development pace.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by automatically varying testing parameters such as software version and runtime environment while executing the same test procedure. This allows comprehensive quality testing across all configurations through automated parameter variation rather than manual re-testing, preserving both software quality and development speed.
3Reliability
If multiple test procedures are created for different scenarios, then testing coverage is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a single test procedure that can execute across multiple software versions and runtime environments. This universal test procedure serves multiple functions by adapting to different testing scenarios through automated parameter variation, eliminating the need for separate test procedures for each scenario and reducing system complexity while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments providing a testing integration and automation system. An embodiment operates by receiving a component selection of a set of one or more components of the computing program for testing from a testing interface. A test procedure for testing a new component for the computing program with the selected one or more components of the set is identified. A selection of a runtime environment in which to test the new component and the computing program is received from the testing interface. The test procedure is executed in the selected runtime environment to generate testing results. The testing results of the executing the test procedure in the selected runtime environment are provided via the testing interface.