The problem: Company_A has a process that is not set in a given schedule. New builds can come in at any given point of the day. Company_A needs to test these builds via simply logging into them as they come in, and verifying that the login was successful. Executing this manually is a tedious process and the need to have a resource constantly checking their inbox for new builds, and then manually testing amounts to a significant amount of overhead. To reduce the overhead Company_A now wishes to implement a fully automated solution without the need for any human intervention that includes test run setup, configurations, etc. New build notifications arrive through the company emails in Outlook, and the titles of these new build notifications are standardized and contain the build number that is ready to be tested. E.g. “New Setups for 3.43 are now available for QA testing.”. The body of the email includes the location of the setups, e.g.: “The Application setup is located at: <\\setups\testing\> and is called SETUP.exe.” To test this, after receiving this email, the user has to uninstall any builds that may already be installed on the machine first (installing the new build will NOT work otherwise), and then install the new build via the executable mentioned in the new build email. Uninstalling the application is done through a command in the command line (you can make one up, but it has to reference the path of the already installed application), and installing the application has to be done from the local machine by way of taking the setup.exe file from the network and copying it to the local machine. Tasks: • Create a short design that describes the approach you will use to solve the problem (starting with receiving the email) including specific components needed to make this solution fully automated. • Write some code/pseudo code to implement your design. State specifically what should exist in each component. • Provide comments in your code that indicate what your test is doing from start to finish. Note: • This solution can be provided using any scripting language or automated testing tool, although the VBScript language and TestComplete or QTP testing tools are preferred.
