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Niran
Contributor
14 years ago

What is Framework?

Can anyone give the exact meaning of framework with one example? What framework we are using in Testcomplete?

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  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    14 years ago
    TestComplete, on it's own, doesn't have a "framework".  It is more like an integrated development environment (IDE) much like you use for developing applications.



    Most of the time, when people talk about a "framework", they talk about the inter-related components of an automated testing project that executes their tests.  This may be as simple as a collection of recorded tests that are played back.  Or, it may be as complicated as a data-driven table-based testing structure that utilizes external data sources to both drive a set of tests and determine what specific steps to execute.



    Here's a definition from Wikipedia that pretty much sums it up.



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_automation_framework



    For TestComplete, any one of the frameworks listed can be executed depending upon both the need and the skill set of the tester.