Application Setup

To start, we need to create an Application, which acts as a high level designation or category.  For example, we are testing JanovaSoftware.com, so Janova Website is the Application that we need to create.  You can define an Application as broadly or as narrowly as you desire.  If we were testing a larger application such as the entire Google site, we may break down the full Google application into its smaller constituent pieces, like Gmail, Google Image Search, or Google News.  For our purposes in this tutorial, we will refer to the Janova website as a whole.

Note: If you have already created an application and your level of service prevents you from creating more, applications can be deleted by (starting on the Dashboard) clicking on the Application name.  Then click on Configuration on the top menu, and finally click on the name of the Application again in the text field.  This will take you into Edit Mode, where you can click the Delete button to remove the Application.  Deleting an Application is permanent, and you will lose access to all tests created for it!

1. Click on “choose an application” in the header and select Create New Application from the drop-down select list.

2. Enter “Janova Website” as the Name.

3. Enter “Tutorial Janova Website Test” as the Description.

4. Click Save and Continue.

5. Enter “Production” as the Environment name.

6. Enter http://www.janovasoftware.com as the Base URL.

7. Click Make Default Environment.

8. Click Save and Continue.

Note: If your level of service allows it, additional Environments can be added above.  In our this tutorial, we only have access to the live Production site, but the nature of Janova would allow us to direct any created tests against any Environment.  For example, we could enter Environments for Development, QA, or any other designation, and quickly test against them when inside Janova, without having to reenter already existing tests.

Now that we have created our first application, we can continue on to part four, Creating a Feature.