Reverse engineering of GUI models for testing

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2010

Authors

André M. P. Grilo (Author) Other; Ana C. R. Paiva (Author) FEUP; João Pascoal Faria (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Sistemas y Tecnologías de Información

Pages: 284-289

5th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies

Santiago Compostela, Spain, 16-19 Junho de 2010

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Interface technology

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Authenticus ID: P-003-CVY

Abstract (EN): The incorrect behaviour of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) can compromise the effective use of the overall software application. One way to discover defects and increase the quality of GUIs is through testing. Test cases can be created manually or produced automatically from a model of the GUI. The size and complexity of GUIs makes it unpractical to do extensive manual testing. However, creating a model of the GUI in order to generate automatically test cases is also a laborious task. This paper presents a reverse engineering approach for diminishing the effort required for constructing the model of an existing GUI. The GUI is exercised by a combination of manual and automatic exploration, and information about its structure and some of its behaviour is automatically extracted, resulting in an incomplete GUI model. This model is subsequently completed manually, validated and used as input for automatic test generation and execution.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6