SmartBear TestComplete : Making My Job Easier One Script at a Time

I started using TestComplete about 7 years ago when I was brought into the company to set up a formal software QA process. I had used a few other automation tools in the past but wanted to try a bunch out on the new software. I ended up going with SmartBear as it worked well with the software I was going to test. With TestComplete's modules, I was able to use web and mobile scripts easily. Our sales tools have complex formulas to get pricing, so TestComplete made it easy to do. I pull rates from the DB, use an Excel spreadsheet to store options/data for each scenario to run, calculate the values, then easily compare to what is shown on the screen to verify. Android app was just as easy to use.

For the second set of automation, I created data entry scripts that allow TestComplete to enter business data into our main system 24/7 with the desktop module. This ensures that there's no human error entering and it saves from having a team input data for days on end. Adding TestExecute to a virtual machine means that I can push my TC code there and have any number of users run the data entry scripts at anytime. By adding code to allow the user to pick their Excel sheet of data and which line to start on, I don't ever need to babysit the execution of the automation or make changes to the code on the fly.

This is saving the company time and money that can be invested back into the departments for other things. I have a single development TestComplete license for myself and have numerous TestExecute licenses for anyone to use. The license manager sits on a physical machine that they have access to pull from.