Lesson 11 Topic 1 Features
This article is a part of the Self-paced Learning Series for the Course: First-Hand Experience of Worksoft SaaS.Please refer to the link for more details on the Course.
Introduction of Worksoft SaaS Feature/Concept :: Lesson 11 :: Topic 1
1. Command Reference & Worksoft SaaS Commands Overview
Worksoft SaaS provides you with a wide variety of simple and powerful commands that you can use to build and maintain automation.
If you're interested in understanding the function of any command, a library to refer to these commands is available in the Command Reference section of the Knowledgebase.
As an example, let's see the most commonly used command category:
Commands for interfacing with the User Interface of your AUT(s): These are Commands that help in Navigation like an open command, refresh command, go back command, etc. Most of the commands that fall under this category are recorded by QaSCRIBE as you perform these operations.
Commands that help in Manipulation or change values/states like entering values, clearing or deleting values, submitting forms by clicking on buttons, etc. Most of these commands are recorded by QaSCRIBE as you perform these operations.
Commands that help in Interrogation to find the UI elements and retrieve information from those elements. For example assert, verify, etc. Even if the test case doesn't mandate, it is a good practice to add one of these commands like 'assertText' or 'assertElementPresent' to ensure the requested page is loaded completely, especially after page navigation. Since these commands are not recorded, Worksoft SaaS helps you to easily add them with the help of another feature called Context Menu.
Commands that help in Synchronization to provide the automated scripts adequate time to complete interaction with the application like wait, pause, etc. Adding these additional commands helps in cases where an AUT takes a lot of time to load, or if you want to wait for a particular element to appear on the screen before proceeding to further tests. Since these commands are not recorded, Worksoft SaaS helps you to easily add them with the help of another feature called Context Menu.
Most of these commands are commonly used in the Automation Testing world and if you are familiar with them, you can navigate to the direct links on the Alphabetic (Master) Listing of All Commands (on the right-hand side of the main article of Command Reference)
Most of these commands are commonly used in the Automation Testing world and if you are familiar with them, you can navigate to the direct links on the Alphabetic (Master) Listing of All Commands (on the right-hand side of the main article of Command Reference)
We have also explained each of these commands along with an example 'Learn Scripting by Example'. For example, go to List of Examples by UI Element and when you scroll down to Automation Goal/Objective, it has an example on the right-hand side.
This will be extremely helpful in your projects, especially for those of you who are new to automation.