Abstract: A method for testing a software application is provided. The method may comprise associating a plurality of controls on a software application screen with testing actions to be performed on the controls, thereby creating a plurality of test steps, and generating a test component. The method may include analyzing a plurality of testing actions on a software application screen to learn characteristics of the testing actions and automatically assigning one or more parameters to one or more of the plurality of test steps based on a library that matches parameters to the names of testing actions. A parameter may comprise a reference to a column in a test data spreadsheet, which is separate from the test component and the library, the column in the test data spreadsheet comprising a plurality of different rows of test data to be utilized in conjunction with an associated control.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatuses for testing software. The method may comprise associating a plurality of controls on a software application screen with testing actions to be performed on the controls, thereby creating a plurality of test steps, and then generating a test component comprised of the plurality of test steps. The method may then comprise comparing the generated test component to a second test component that is associated with a previous version of the software application screen, and displaying, on a user interface, a graphical representation of one or more differences between the generated test component and the second test component.