Unified Web Application Testing Module for Browser and System Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current automated testing systems for web applications are limited in their ability to perform comprehensive testing, as they often require users to directly control non-browser components and possess advanced functionalities such as text comparison, time measurement, and database interactions, which can be complex and require programming knowledge.
Innovation Solution
A web application testing module that converts user-specified instructions into both browser automation module-executable commands and non-browser automation module-executable commands, allowing for unified control of web browser operations and other system components, enabling more comprehensive and efficient testing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users directly control non-browser components and use advanced functionalities (text comparison, time measurement, database interactions), then testing comprehensiveness is improved, but operation complexity increases and requires programming knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a testing module as an intermediary between the user and the browser automation module. This module provides simplified instructions that automatically generate and execute both browser commands and system commands. The testing module mediates the complexity by handling the conversion of simple user instructions into complex coordinated operations involving browser control, text comparison, time measurement, and database interactions without requiring users to program these operations directly
Solution Approach 2:
The testing module is designed with multi-functionality to handle diverse testing operations through a unified interface. It can simultaneously manage browser automation, perform text comparisons, measure time delays, and interact with databases using simple instructions. This universal approach allows a single tool to provide comprehensive testing capabilities without requiring users to master multiple complex programming interfaces
2Ease of operation
If browser automation module is used to control web browser operations, then ease of operation is improved, but testing comprehensiveness deteriorates due to inability to control non-browser components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of browser automation with system-level command execution into a unified testing module. The module simultaneously generates browser commands for web browser control and system commands for non-browser component operations. This combination allows comprehensive testing that includes both browser-specific operations and system-level operations such as database interactions and file system access, all through a single ease-to-use interface
3Ease of operation
If simple instructions are converted into complex commands, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The testing module performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the command conversion logic and instruction templates. Complex command generation rules, coordination patterns between browser and system commands, and execution sequences are established in advance. This preliminary setup allows the module to automatically translate simple user instructions into complex coordinated commands without requiring real-time complex processing, thereby managing device complexity through advance preparation
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described that enable automated testing of web applications. Techniques include receiving a web application and a test script including user-specified instructions for testing the web application. The user-specified instructions are converted into commands that include first-type commands executable by a browser automation module to control operations of a web browser, and second-type commands that are not executable by the browser automation module, where the total number of commands exceeds a number of instructions in the test script. The first-type commands are provided for execution to the browser automation module to control operations of the web browser, and the second-type commands are executed to control operations of the at least one computer that cannot be controlled by the browser automation module. A report is output based on executing the first-type and second-type commands.