Testing framework for automation objects

A method for developing industrial applications, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on a client device;
• receiving, by the system via interaction with the IDE interfaces, industrial design input that defines aspects of an industrial control and monitoring project;
• generating, by the system, system project data based on the industrial design input, wherein the generating comprises generating at least one of an executable industrial control program, an industrial visualization application, or industrial device configuration data, and the system project data comprises an automation object that represents an industrial asset and has attributes associated therewith, the attributes comprising at least control code configured to control the industrial asset and a test script configured to validate a portion of the system project data that references the automation object;
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• executing, by the system, the test script against the system project data to facilitate validation of the system project data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• rendering integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on a client device;
• receiving, from the client device via interaction with the IDE interfaces, industrial design input that defines control design aspects of an industrial automation project;
• generating system project data based on the industrial design input, wherein the generating comprises generating at least one of an executable industrial control program, an industrial visualization application, or industrial device configuration data, and the system project data has an automation object embedded therein, the automation object representing an industrial asset and comprising at least control code configured to control the industrial asset and a test script configured to validate a portion of the system project data that references the automation object;
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• executing the test script against the system project data to facilitate validation of the system project data.