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Patrick Joseph Niemeyer

Curtis Dean Anderson

Donald Gordon Hardy

Loren Merriman

Peter Gerber

James Perry Rodrigues

Jared W Wilson

Aaron R Birnbaum

Micah Andrew Koffron

Brian Dravo Davia

Alan T B Brown

Ross F Smith, Jr

Automation test selection is made for an automation testing process according to the code changes that have occurred between builds of a software product. A mapping between the available tests and source tree locations of the files is maintained. The mapping allows the appropriate tests to be selected for the code changes that have been made, resulting in a more focused automation testing process.

System and method for selecting applicable tests in an automation testing system

A system and method for testing modified code paths without testing unmodified code paths is described. During testing of the baseline build of a program, code coverage data is generated. The code coverage data identifies which test implicates which code path of the baseline build. When a modification of the baseline build is made, the modified build may be differentiated to determine what code of the modified build was changed. When the modified build is differentiated, the code coverage data for the modified code path is mapped to appropriate tests. The tests may then be used to test the changed code path without requiring testing of all the code paths of the modified build.

Code coverage test selection

Software automation testing and validation are provided according to a system that runs automation tests using multiple lab machines and allows the testing to be performed before checking in the code to a version control system. Code changes in a build of the software are provided on a computing device. Automation tests are selected from a list of available tests. When indicated by a job queue, the changed code of the build is forwarded to lab machines allocated by an automation system. An image of the build from the computing device is generated on the lab machines and the automation tests are run against the build. A report is generated and forwarded back to one or more recipients that notifies of the success or failure of the automation testing.

System and method for automation testing and validation

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