Rules and principles for test frameworks

Although, testing is not only related to IT projects, this section mainly refers to software tests, especially considering an approach to automated tests.

The first topic explains basic concepts and common rules for test frameworks. In the second topic, an example based on command shells (cmd, sh, bash etc.) illustrates, how to provide a simple test framework by means of shell procedures. The last topic describes some use cases and how to modify the example in order to achieve more appropriate results.

The concepts and examples mainly are related to black box tests, which are typically used for component or system tests. The ODABA API test suite is also demonstrates the use of TestBrowser for running unit tests together with component and system tests.