Automated testing of web-based applications

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a web application to be tested;
• receiving a test script including a plurality of user-specified instructions for testing the web application;
• converting the plurality of user-specified instructions from the test script into a plurality of commands that includes first-type commands executable by a browser automation module to control operations of a web browser, and second-type commands to control at least one non-browser component of the one or more computers, wherein a number of commands in the plurality of commands exceeds a number of instructions in the test script;
• executing the plurality of commands while the web application is executing on the web browser, wherein executing the plurality of commands comprises:
• providing the first-type commands to the browser automation module to control operations of the web browser;
• executing the second-type commands to control operations of the at least one non-browser component of the one or more computers;
• and
• dynamically generating and executing at least one second-type command to control the at least one non-browser component, wherein the at least one second-type command is different than the plurality of commands that are generated based on the test script, and wherein the at least one second-type command is dynamically generated based on at least one real-time result of executing at least one previous command of the plurality of commands, the at least one real-time result indicating that the browser automation module is unable to perform an operation requested by the at least one previous command;
• and
• outputting a report based at least on executing the at least one dynamically generated command, the first-type commands, and the second-type commands.

A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a web application to be tested;
• receiving a test script including a plurality of user-specified instructions for testing the web application;
• converting the plurality of user-specified instructions from the test script into a plurality of commands that includes first-type commands executable by a browser automation module to control operations of a web browser, and second-type commands to control at least one non-browser component, wherein a number of commands in the plurality of commands exceeds a number of instructions in the test script;
• executing the plurality of commands while the web application is executing on the web browser, wherein executing the plurality of commands comprises:
• providing the first-type commands to the browser automation module to control operations of the web browser;
• executing the second-type commands to control operations of the at least one non-browser component;
• and
• dynamically generating and executing at least one second-type command to control the at least one non-browser component, wherein the at least one second-type command is different than the plurality of commands that are generated based on the test script, and wherein the at least one second-type command is dynamically generated based on at least one real-time result of executing at least one previous command of the plurality of commands, the at least one real-time result indicating that the browser automation module is unable to perform an operation requested by the at least one previous command;
• and
• outputting a report based at least on executing the at least one dynamically generated command, the first-type commands, and the second-type commands.