ACTION BASED TESTING

Action Based Testing is an example of a keyword-based methodology, as described previously.

Action Based Testing is based on test module elements, which are essentially workbooks comprising the following sections:

• objectives
• test cases
• actions with arguments
• interface handling, including:
  • interfaces
  • interface entities
  • interface elements
• data-driven testing, using data sets

Test Modules
All test development and execution in Action Based Testing is based on test modules.

Actions
An action is a reusable container housing a series of operations and checks.

Interface definitions
An automated test execution needs to interact with the application under test through one or more interfaces.

Data-driven testing
In Action Based Testing, action-based tests can be applied to data sets.