Making GUI Testing Practical: Bridging the Gaps

Pekka Aho; Matias Suarez; Atif Memon; Teemu Kanstren

doi:10.1109/ITNG.2015.77

Making GUI Testing Practical: Bridging the Gaps

Pekka Aho, Matias Suarez, Atif Memon, Teemu Kanstren

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Abstract

The effort and expertise required for manually crafting the models for model-based testing (MBT) is a major obstacle slowing down its industrial adoption. For implemented and executable systems, there are approaches to automate some part or even the whole process of creating the models for MBT. Recently, using extracted models for testing graphical user interface (GUI) applications has been a popular area of research, but most of the proposed approaches have limitations and restrictions on what can be modeled, and the software industry has not adopted these approaches. In this paper, we try to identify the gaps between the academic approaches and tools and industrial requirements hindering the industrial adoption, and try to suggest practical solutions to the identified gaps.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Technology - New Generations (ITNG), 2015 12th International Conference on
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	439-444
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-8828-0, 978-1-4799-8827-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITNG.2015.77
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	12th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 13 Apr 2015 → 15 Apr 2015 Conference number: 12

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Conference	12th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations
Abbreviated title	ITNG
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	13/04/15 → 15/04/15

Keywords

Graphical User Interface
GUI test automation
model extraction
model-based testing
reverse engineering

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Aho, P, Suarez, M, Memon, A & Kanstren, T 2015, Making GUI Testing Practical: Bridging the Gaps. in Information Technology - New Generations (ITNG), 2015 12th International Conference on., 7113512, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 439-444, 12th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 13/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITNG.2015.77

Making GUI Testing Practical: Bridging the Gaps. / Aho, Pekka; Suarez, Matias; Memon, Atif et al.
Information Technology - New Generations (ITNG), 2015 12th International Conference on. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2015. p. 439-444 7113512.

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