What is silk test?
Skill test is automation testing tool specifically designed for doing regression and functional testing. This tool designed by segue software Inc
What is silk test host?
Silk Test Host is one of the Silk Test components that manages and executes test scripts. Silk Test Host typically runs on a separate computer different than the computer where AUT (Application under Test) is running.
What is silk test Agent?
Silk test agent is one of the silk test components that interact with the GUI of your application. The Agent translates the commands in your 4Test scripts into GUI specific commands, driving and monitoring the application you are testing.
Silk test agent could run on same machine where host is running or on networked environments.
What are the different file types in silk test tool?
Test Plan (.pln): This is used to create a suite of tests when combined with test scripts.
Example: autotest.pln
Test script (.t): This file type used to write actual test scripts.
Example: Mytest.t (Automating notepad application)
Frame file (.inc): The abstraction layer used to define the windows and controls in application under test that will be further referenced in .t files.
Example : Mytest.inc
Result file (.res): This file type contains test run results with the names of passed or failed tests along with a description of the failures. Can also contain log messages.
What is 4test?
4Test is a test scripting language used by Silk Test to compose test scripts to perform automated tests.
4Test programming language contains
1. Library of object oriented classes and methods to interact with application GUI objects.
2. Similar to other programming languages, 4test also has set of statements, operators and data types.
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