Getting Started
PureTest 5.2 January 2015	http://www.pureload.com support@pureload.com

• Introduction
• Requirements
• Installation
  • Installation directory
  • Installation Properties
  • License
  • Uninstall PureTest
• Concepts
  • Scenarios and Tasks
• Quick Start

Introduction

This document serves as the introduction to PureTest. It covers installation procedures, important concepts and how to get started.

Please read this guide before reading any other PureTest related document.

Requirements

PureTest is verified on the following operating systems:

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
  
• Linux x86, Linux x64
  
• Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8

PureTest is written in Java and should run on any operating system that supports Java 1.7 or Java 1.8.

At least 20 MByte free disk space is required for PureTest and additional space for Java VM (if not already installed).

Installation

PureTest is distributed in a self-extracting format. Simply execute the installer and answer the questions about install location, etc. in the graphical user interface provided.

For details on how to execute the installer on different operating systems, see the instructions on the web page where you downloaded PureTest.

Installation directory

When installed, the PureTest installation directory, <install-home>, contains the following sub-directories:

• api/
  API documentation, to be used when designing custom tasks
• bin/
  Binaries to start PureTest and configuration files
• license/
  Directory where to install license file
• doc/
  Documentation (in HTML format)
  
• examples/
  Source code for the examples described in the Task Programmers Guide
• extensions/
  Class directory to be used for custom tasks
• lib/
  Class libraries and other internals
• jre/
  Optionally bundled Java Runtime Environment

Installation Properties

There are a number of System Properties that can be modified for PureTest, defined in the install-home/bin/puretest.properties file (where install-home is where PureTest is installed). Typically here is no need to change these.

In addition there are application Java VM properties to control the max heap size of the PureTest program named puretest.vmoptions and located in the <install-home>/bin/ directory.

For example to change the max heap size edit the file puretest.vmoptions and change the content to:

This will increase the max heap size to 512Mbyte.

License

When you purchase PureTest (or request a free license) you will receive a license file that reflects your specific license options. The license is a text file that must be installed in the <install-home>/license directory. The name of the file must be puretest.license.

Note: The current license information can be viewed from within the PureTest GUI using the "About->License Info..." menu choice.

Uninstall PureTest

The steps to uninstall PureTest depends on the platform being used, but you will find an application in the <install-home> directory named PureTest Uninstaller. Start the application and you will be guided through the uninstall process.

Concepts

The following sections briefly covers important PureLoad concepts that you need to understand before trying to start and use PureLoad.

Scenarios and Tasks

A test case in PureLoad is structured as Scenarios. A scenario is defined by a series of tasks or sequences of tasks and is the unit that are executed by workers.

A task is the smallest form of operation in PureLoad and normally consist of a client request (for example a HTTP request), but can also be a utility task to check a previous result or extract information from a previous result.

Quick Start

• Create test scenario using the PureTest GUI, optionally using the HTTP Recorder
  
• Test and debug the scenario using the PureTest GUI

When you have one (or several) test scenarios you probably waht to run the saved PLC file using the PureTest Runner.