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Re: Recommendations for Training on Automating WinForms Applications Using TC
Oh and I used to work at a CTEC. Microsoft CTEC Certified TEchnical Education Center. We could not take a class until we passed the prereqs. So, before coming to your class with your colleagues, I would have to pass a prereq class first. -Todd248Views0likes0CommentsRe: Recommendations for Training on Automating WinForms Applications Using TC
Ramalis having problems with Winforms and TestComplete. Hey Ramal have you ever heard of a guy named Lino? Look him up on Udemy. Lino I think the last name is Torvalds. He runs a company if not vaporware, called The Training Boss. I have left him messages there and elsewhere and no one responds. Anyway, he has a class Ramal on TestComplete; several. One of the units in his class, I have it I have taken it, it goes over Winform testing with TestComplete. I think it is something you want to see. As for my issues with TestComplete, I see it fail multiple times throughout a test. I have to stop the test, put my cursor on the keyword step that broke and replay from that spot. The test will move forward to the next break. We have grids in our software with data in them and to get to them it is tough because the elements are dynamic. I know. I know. Remove the dynamic part of the xpath and then it will hit. Its just the time and the day. I wish I did not have to click save twice on my changes for them to commit to the name map editor. Thats why I thought there may be a way to take a class on advanced TestComplete that would teach TestComplete code. The best language to use for the beginner to use to turn the recorded script from keyword to Unit1 (what I see in the top left treepanel). Because they syncing issues and use of delays is tough to keep the UI in sync with the engine. Also to learn how to tie TestComplete to JIRA so artifacts test artifacts can record to JIRA automatically so I dont have to cut and paste from the UI the banner manually after each test to JIRA manually. I also want TEstComplete to tie to Jenkins so when a software release is released the test kicks off and keyword test no not reliable enough. See in our world we are a fintech and you can never ever have a failure. I know you will say that is on you the test writer. But, I see the engine actually fail after it hits the first time and then goes back tries it again and the red box that highlights the element does not hit again. As for examples to post, I cannot due to policy privacy policy but, I can come to a class and I can bring other examples to the class that are approved prior to my arrival to share. I have been using TestComplete for going on three years now. I see such potential for this tool if it was just unleashed from its AI that is a nice start but not where I think AI can go. I see SmartBear bought QMetry. Interesting. I also know how to identify objects because I live in Object Spy. I am constantly using Object Spy to see what has changed in the underlying object properties. I know how to use the Name Map Editor which to me is like WIndows Explorer for TestComplete. We use the new method of Xpath to identify objects not the old TestComplete way. We are an XPath shop. I need to cut the failures down to increase resiliency, reliability more tests throughout the day. How about a book on advanced TestComplete v15.69.139.7 topics?28Views0likes2CommentsRe: Recommendations for Training on Automating WinForms Applications Using TC
rraghvani, I would like to add a comment to this posters (Ramal) comments. I feel that the videos and the community while helpful does not compare to an ILT led classroom. In an ILT Instructor Led Classroom Training classroom, you are able to put your use case example up on the screen and together people can work through that problem and challenge together. From the ILT, cross communities are formed and cultivated as well as the SmartBear community to further grow all communities at large from the smaller more advanced ILT subset of students. I find also find that the videos are helpful but they dont uncover real powerful things TestComplete could do for an organization. For example, I believe the keyword tests are something you can do if your tests are small in nature. But, if your tests span multiple URLs and involve grids and dynamic elements, you really should look at a programming course to handle TestComplete to UI sync issues with waits not just delay in keyword tests. We need to cut down on TestCOmplete failures during AUT and to do that you really need an ILT course. It appears to me by the answers here and elsewhere (my own inquiring on the web) that TestComplete is not offered in a classroom setting. PLease correct me if I am wrong. Thank you.66Views1like4CommentsRe: TestComplete course
Hasan, I have followed all those videos and converted to Scripts but I feel there is something still missing with the education. I see a lot of errors with TestComplete and Keyword testing modality. The Name Map editor fails to recognize objects and autoheal does not work consistently enough for my liking. I want to attend a course where I can specifically utilize TestComplete with Python code exclusively. I want to not use the Name Map Editor and build my TestComplete framework to use with TC. I think our software has a lot of changes involved that TestComplete cant keep up and yes I know I have to maintain those changes and think it would be more resilient if it was straight code. I also want to tie TestComplete to JIRA and Jenkins so that it is part of a workflow. When a software version is released from Jenkins, I want TestComplete (TC) to fire off the specific test. I dont see the resiliency with Keyword testing. I actiually see the Name Map Editor Object ID engine skip over what it should click on and I see this often enough that leads me to believe Keyword testing is fine for small tasks but something as large as our softwarfe that spans three different URLs and many screens and objects it is beter if it was all TestComplete Python. Is there such a class ILT Instructor Lead in the US anywhere? Not just a video from SmartBear but an actual class from a TestComplete SME? Sincerely, -Todd251Views0likes1CommentTestComplete course
Good afternoon. I was wondering if you know of an intermediate TestComplete course I could enroll in that would teach TestComplete scripting in Python along with other advanced topics for the non scripter? I cant find one and searching is not yielding a positive contact. I have sent something to Training Boss and heard nothing back. I have contacted TestManagement Inc and no answer there either. -Todd2Solved177Views0likes4CommentsClone Name Repo
Hi. I want to clone a name repository from one project suite to another and I want to clone keyword tests from one project suite to another. Then I want to go into cloned Project suite and change three characters in the url of objects with use of a wildcard ? Or *. Is that possible? TestComplete 15.x.x -todd253Views0likes2CommentsRe: TestComplete Combox problem
Another user in another thread mentioned my problem and wanting to pull the answer from a spreadsheet. How can I set Audi to be a wildcard and let data loop spreadsheet source drive that spot so all your code will work right to the wildcard which will grab the value from the spreadsheet? Sorry if too wordy but I am trying to express what I want in laymen terms I have the label id now i want the clickitem to be the spreadsheet column and row from the data loop spreadsheet source like I see in Lino video on Orders in YouTube from 12 yeArs ago. -todd2237Views0likes0CommentsRe: TestComplete Combox problem
Yes sir, that is correct. That is exactly the box in this question. Yes, I want to follow the SmartBear TestComplete documentation to work with combobox controls and it is apparent that SmartBear deprecated ClickItem for Xpath CSS shops like us. I don't even see a doc where in code I could select the span tag item and point it to my spreadsheet column data to then select that item in the dropdown based on the spreadsheet datasource. I had everything ready to go with ClickItem but now it's foreign to me. I have code from SmartBear they gave me to run in a unit script dropped into my keyword test but it leads sometimes to flaky results. I wanted to expand on their code I guess because ClickItem is deprecated to click the control, then choose the item based on the datasource column and row that is in the data loop. Was hoping to find a video on that and i cant seem to find one. Do you know of one? Do you know of code that does that. And thank you in advance for your help as always. -todd2252Views0likes0Comments