What is a Context

This article gives a high level overview of the concept of Context. Further details are discussed in an expanded format in subsequent sections.

What is a Context?

A context is like a page on your web application. Every distinct page on the test application becomes a Context in accelQ.

Picture shows Account Summary Page of our QBank application.

Note: It is common to name a Context with "Page" suffix.

What is a Context made of?

Context contains Views and UI elements and supports Actions. Context will contain one or more Views.

• Context manages the UI elements belonging to a page.
• You can define multiple Actions in a context.

Entry Point Context: Login Page

Picture represents the login page of QBank.

This is an entry-point context, which means this page can be loaded in your browser with a static URL.

Synch Point for a Context

Synch point is used to wait for the page to fully load during test execution.

Before a step is performed in a page, test run will wait for the corresponding Synch point to fulfil.

What is a View?

View is an image capture of your context (or page). View contains UI elements that are used in your test logic.

• View is captured using accelQ plugin.
• There can be more than one View for a context.

Example 1: Login page view

This is the view captured for Login Page context in QBank application.

You can hover around on the screen to interact with various elements.

Example 2: Multiple Views

Notice two views for the same page (context). Flights view and Hotels view.

We take a new view in case our test logic requires interaction with elements that are not available in existing views.