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Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for handling parameters in a test script for testing a computer program application. A method includes executing a test script for testing a function of a computer program, the test script including a command invoking the function, the command having arguments, the command arguments in the test script including a set of test input parameters for the function; determining the required input parameters for the function; and detecting an error if there is a mismatch between the required input parameters and the test input parameters.

Handling parameters in test scripts for computer program applications

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for testing a feature of a software application includes forming a feature call by incorporating test data into a data structure that is part of a test script and sending the feature call to the software application containing the feature for testing.

Testing of applications

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for use in testing a computer program application, including an application having multiple versions. Information identifying a target system is obtained. Application information identifying the actual version of the application as installed on the target system is obtained. A test script is selected from multiple test script versions based on the actual version of the application. The selected test script is used to test the application as installed on the target system.

Testing versions of applications

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, providing a test configuration having an associated test script and one or more associated data containers. Each data container defines a set of parameters and one or more sets of variants, each set of variants specifying a value for each of the parameters in the set of parameters. Each data container is reusable with multiple test configurations. The test script has a set of test parameters and the test configuration further has a set of test parameter variants, each of the test parameter variants being a set of values for respective test parameters in the set of test parameters. The test parameter variants include one or more references for obtaining data values from one or more of the associated data containers.

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