Introduction

Cycle is a testing platform for reliable automated testing across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). By emulating normal user interactions such as keyboard and mouse input, Cycle helps you create and run repeatable software tests.

This user manual explains how to use the Cycle Testing Process and the Cycle Testing Platform. Start with the pages below to learn the product, then follow the Quickstart to install and open Cycle.

Learning the basics

1. What is Cycle?: product overview, use cases, and benefits
2. Cycle Testing Process: Discovery, Formulation, and Automation
3. Cycle Testing Platform: the tools that support each phase

Getting set up

• System Requirements: the minimum system specs needed to run Cycle
• Version Compatibility: versions for correctly running different parts of the Cycle platform together
• Quickstart: launch Cycle and create your first project

Reading this manual

After Introduction and Quickstart, content covers Cycle project artifacts and the platforms that support them:

1. Cycle Projects: Feature Files, steps, playlists, group tests, plugins, settings, and recommended practices
2. Desktop Platform: editors, the Cycle Testing Kit, and Cycle Intelligence
3. Web Platform: Cycle Cloud and browser-based tools