AEtest - Test Infrastructure

This user guide will cover the basics of AEtest: where it came about, what a typical test script looks like, and introduce the various sections and building blocks.

• Introduction
  • High-Level Design Features
  • AEtest: Core Concepts
  • Installation & Updates
• Script Structure
  • Common Setup
  • Testcases
  • Common Cleanup
  • Subsections
  • Setup Section
  • Test Sections
  • Cleanup Section
• Object Model
  • TestScript Class
  • Container Classes
  • Function Classes
  • Base Classes
• Runtime Behavior
  • runtime
  • self
  • parent
  • Section Ordering
• Test Parameters
  • The Whys
  • Relationship Model
  • Parameters Property
  • Script Arguments
  • Parameters as Function Arguments
  • Callable Parameters
  • Parametrizing Functions
  • Reserved Parameters
• Looping Sections
  • Defining Loops
  • Loop Parameters
  • Advanced Loop Usages
  • Dynamic Loop Marking
  • Loop Internals
• Section Results
  • Result Behavior
  • Result APIs
  • Interaction Results
  • Result Counting
  • Result API Internals
• Section Steps
  • Defining Steps
  • Step Results
  • Nesting Steps
  • Details & Report
  • Step Debugging
  • Step Objects
• Running TestScripts
  • Argument Propagation
  • Standalone Execution
  • Easypy Execution
  • Standard Arguments
  • Testable
• Section Processors
  • Definition & Arguments
  • Results
  • Context Processors
  • Global Processors
  • Runtime Behaviors
  • Additional APIs
  • Reporting
• Datafile Inputs
  • Usages & Behavior
  • Datafile Schema
  • Example Datafile
  • Example Run
• Flow Control
  • Skip Conditions
  • Run IDS
  • Testcase Grouping
  • Requisite Testcase
  • Testcase Randomization
  • Maximum Failures
  • Goto
  • Custom Discovery and Order
• Report Details
  • Standalone Reporter
  • AETest Reporter
• Debugging Resources
  • PDB & Multiprocessing
  • PDB on Failure
  • Pause on Phrase
• Examples
  • Hello World
  • Script Arguments
  • Feature Usage
  • Mega Looping

Section author: Siming Yuan <siyuan@cisco.com>