Information processing system with intelligent program smoke testing
An information processing device comprises one or more known hardware devices including a processor and memory. An intelligent test program is provided to drive the device to develop a smoke test for a target program the name, use and functionality of which is unknown to the test program. The intelligent test program can generate a report on the functionality of the target program and can capture call back functions associated with the target program in order to automatically develop a smoke test script file for use in subsequent smoke test runs on the device.
1. A system for conducting intelligent automated smoke testing, comprising:
a memory storing (i) a set of program files, each of which is either an application program file or a system program file, and (ii) an intelligent smoke test program; and
a processor interfaced with the memory and configured to execute the intelligent smoke test program to:
compare each program file of the set of program files to a record of program files,
based on the comparing, identify, as a target program, at least one unmatched program file of the set of program files that is not Included in the record of program files,
determine that the target program does not match any previously-installed programs included in a program depository, and
in response to determining that the target program does not match any of the previously-installed programs, automatically develop a smoke test to test a performance of the target program.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein to automatically develop the smoke test, the processor is configured to:
automatically develop a script file configured to test the performance of the target program.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
record the script file to a register addressed by reference to the intelligent smoke test program whereby the script file is configured to test the target program in subsequent cycles of testing.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
run the smoke test to test the performance of the target program, wherein a smoke test report is produced from running the smoke test.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
flagging the target program as tested.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the intelligent smoke test program to:
based on the comparing, identify, as an additional target program, at least one additional unmatched program file of the set of program files that is not included in the record of program files,
determine that the additional target program does not match any previously-installed programs included in the program depository, and
in response to determining that the additional target program does not match any of the previously-installed programs, automatically develop an additional smoke test to test a performance of the additional target program.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the smoke test is automatically developed in response to determining that the target program (i) does not match any of the previously-installed programs, and (ii) has not been flagged as having run the smoke test.
8. A computer-implemented method of conducting intelligent automated smoke testing, the computer-implemented method comprising:
storing, in a memory, (i) a set of program files, each of which is either an application program file or a system program file;
comparing, by a computer processor, each program file of the set of program files to a record of program files;
based on the comparing, identifying, by the computer processor as a target program, at least one unmatched program file of the set of program files that is not included in the record of program files;
determining, by the computer processor, that the target program does not match any previously-installed programs included in a program depository; and
in response to determining that the target program does not match any of the previously-installed programs, automatically developing a smoke test to test a performance of the target program.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein automatically developing the smoke test comprises:
automatically developing a script file configured to test the performance of the target program.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:
recording the script file to a register addressed by reference to the intelligent smoke test program whereby the script file is configured to test the target program in subsequent cycles of testing.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
running the smoke test to test the performance of the target program, wherein a smoke test report is produced from running the smoke test.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:
flagging the target program as tested.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
based on the comparing, identifying, as an additional target program, at least one additional unmatched program file of the set of program files that is not included in the record of program files;
determining that the additional target program does not match any previously-installed programs included in the program depository; and
in response to determining that the additional target program does not match any of the previously-installed programs, automatically developing an additional smoke test to test a performance of the additional target program.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein automatically developing the smoke test comprises:
in response to determining that the target program (i) does not match any of the previously-installed programs, and (ii) has not been flagged as having run the smoke test, automatically developing the smoke test to test the performance of the target program.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising:
instructions for storing, in a memory, (i) a set of program files, each of which is either an application program file or a system program file;
instructions for comparing each program file of the set of program files to a record of program files;
instructions for, based on the comparing, identifying, as a target program, at least one unmatched program file of the set of program files that is not included in the record of program files;
instructions for determining that the target program does not match any previously-installed programs included in a program depository; and
instructions for, in response to determining that the target program does not match any of the previously-installed programs, automatically developing a smoke test to test a performance of the target program.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions for automatically developing the smoke test comprise:
instructions for automatically developing a script file configured to test the performance of the target program.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
instructions for recording the script file to a register addressed by reference to the intelligent smoke test program whereby the script file is configured to test the target program in subsequent cycles of testing.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
instructions for running the smoke test to test the performance of the target program, wherein a smoke test report is produced from running the smoke test.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
instructions for flagging the target program as tested.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
instructions for, based on the comparing, identifying, as an additional target program, at least one additional unmatched program file of the set of program files that is not included in the record of program files;
instructions for determining that the additional target program does not match any previously-installed programs included in the program depository; and
instructions for, in response to determining that the additional target program does not match any of the previously-installed programs, automatically developing an additional smoke test to test a performance of the additional target program.