Automated Test Framework

Chuck Tomasi

3 minute read

The good stuff just keeps getting better! As if Automated Test Framework (ATF) wasn’t handy enough, we’ve improved it based on your suggestions in the Community Idea Portal to make debugging even better. Background ATF is an in-platform tool to let you author and run functional tests on your apps (custom or OOB). Use it to ensure developer configurations work as expected before going to production and before/after upgrades. Once built, the tests are easy to run again and again.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

Automated Test Framework is your key to reducing the time it takes to do major upgrades and deployments. But what do you REALLY know about ATF? I’ve got Daniel Draes to help. Topics 00:00 Welcome and introductions 08:11 ATF Overview 08:57 What ATF can and cannot test 12:13 Customer feedback 13:20 The payoff of investing in ATF 16:10 Skills needed to implement ATF 18:28 Structuring your tests 20:09 New features in Rome 23:06 Best practices 24:19 Roadmap 25:46 The process to go from customer idea to product release 27:01 Daniel’s contact info 27:25 Outro Subscribe to Break Point Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Stitcher TuneIn RSS Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

The Rome release is coming! This is your chance to find out what hot new platform features are coming to make building on the platform easier than ever before. Join us as we take a look at some new features as well as updates to your favorites to make them even better! Topics 00:00 Welcome and introductions 06:14 App Engine 12:27 WebUX 19:34 Development and configuration 24:14 Workflows and integrations 28:55 Security 32:03 Platform foundation 36:57 Poll and Q & A 40:35 Takeaways and next episode 42:25 Reference information 42:50 Final Q & A Links Docs: Rome release notes Break Point podcast Community Developer portal Now Learning About: TechNow is a monthly show for ServiceNow admins, developers, and builders on a wide variety of platform features.

Andrew Barnes

3 minute read

The first part of the platform I will be highlighting for the Orlando release is the Automated Test Framework(ATF). The reason I choose ATF first is the relationship between upgrading and testing. Automated testing helps accelerate validation after deployments and upgrades to the instance. Check out the overview page for ATF changes for Orlando. Testing Agent Workspace Forms With the addition of the Now Experience and Agent Workspace, which is the first part of the platform leveraging the Now Experience, automated testing was not initially available.

Dave Slusher

4 minute read

As we discuss the new features of New York, it is only natural I should discuss first one of my great loves in the platform - the Automated Test Framework. Every release since it was introduced expands the capabilities of this tool and New York is no exception. Here are the highlights but the full list is here. Parallel Testing and Mutually Exclusive Tests In previous releases, ATF ran effectively a single thread of testing.

Dave Slusher

5 minute read

One of the unsung features in the Automated Test Framework is that you can use it to test your Scripted REST APIs. I’m a fan of having as much robotic coverage as possible, so backstopping API development with tests is a good thing. Let’s look at how to do that. I will use an example of a relatively recent API that I developed, the commenting system on this very blog. I’ll create a test that:

Dave Slusher

4 minute read

During our flurry of posts about Madrid features, I posted about some of the changes to Automated Test Framework . There were a few pieces that I didn’t mention so I am going to round that out over time, starting with testable components. Speaking personally, ATF is one of my favorite new development tools of the last three years. What can I say, I love having robots working for me.

Dave Slusher

3 minute read

One of the things that I personally enjoy exploring each release is what has changed in the Automated Test Framework. This is a capability that I love and I like watching it improve to the point where organizations can capture ever more of their testing needs with it. Let’s look at some of what is new in Madrid. Parameterized Tests One of the impediments to using the ATF at scale has been the handling of large quantities of test data.

Dave Slusher

5 minute read

When the Automated Test Framework (ATF) was first released, I published an introductory post about it . I didn’t intend it to be 20 months and several family releases between parts but such is life in the big city. One of the upsides of a slow release schedule is that there are many advances to talk about when you get to Part 2. The introductory post talked about the basics and authoring a test.

Dave Slusher

4 minute read

If you have followed my work as a developer advocate for ServiceNow at all, you will have noticed that I love automated testing. Even before the original release of the Automated Testing Framework, I presented on testing at Knowledge15. This is really a chunk of the platform close to my heart. This year at Knowledge18, Boris BC