Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on User Interface Test Automation

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Test Automation

Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 3-36
Author(s):  
Miroslav Bures ◽  
Martin Filipsky ◽  
Ivan Jelinek
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Automated Testing ◽  
Test Automation ◽  
Specific Test ◽  
Automated Test ◽  
Test Sets ◽  
Automated Process

In the automated testing based on actions in user interface of the tested application, one of the key challenges is maintenance of these tests. The maintenance overhead can be decreased by suitably structuring the test scripts, typically by employing reusable objects. To aid in the development, maintenance and refactoring of these test scripts, potentially reusable objects can be identified by a semi-automated process. In this paper, we propose a solution that identifies the potentially reusable objects in a set of automated test scripts and then provides developers with suggestions about these objects. During this process, we analyze the semantics of specific test steps using a system of abstract signatures. The solution can be used to identify the potentially reusable objects in both recorded automated test sets and tests programmed in an unstructured style. Moreover, compared to approaches that are based solely on searching for repetitive source code fragments, the proposed system identifies potentially reusable objects that are more relevant for test automation.

How Much Automation can be Done in Testing?

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izzat Alsmadi
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Software Testing ◽  
Large Percentage ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Test Automation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Maximum Coverage ◽  
Testing Stage

It is widely acknowledged that software testing stage is a stage in the software project that is time and resources’ consuming. In addition, this stage comes late in the project, usually at the time where pressure of delivery is high. Those are some reasons why major research projects in testing focus on methods to automate one or more of activities in this stage. In this chapter, description of all sub stages in software testing is explained along with possible methods to automate activities in this sub stage. The focus in this chapter is on the user interface of the software as it is one of the major components that receives a large percentage of testing. A question always raised in testing is whether full test automation is possible and if that can be feasible, possible and applicable. While 100% test automation is theoretic and impractical, given all types of activities that may occur in testing, it is hoped that a maximum coverage in test automation will be visible soon.

scholarly journals Advanced UI test automation (AUTA) for BIOS validation using OpenCV and OCR

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 1350
Author(s):  
Eissa Abdullah Awadh Mohammed ◽  
Muslim Mustapa ◽  
Hasliza Rahim ◽  
Mohd Natashah Norizan
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Input Device ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Image Analyzer ◽  
Test Automation ◽  
Advanced User ◽  
Output System ◽  
Basic Input

<p>Basic input output system (BIOS) validation is performed on both graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line interface (CLI) by a test engineer. Keyboard and mouse are used to insert test cases commands into system under test (SUT). Test engineer monitors test cases progress on a monitor for validation. This method is time-consuming and relatively more expensive than automation. In this project we designed an independent automation system that able to mimic human interaction in BIOS validation. The approach can be divided into two main parts. The first part is the input device to enter commands into SUT and the second part is the advanced image recognizer. The keyboard and mouse emulator is used as an input device to reproduce test commands and send them to an SUT. The image analyzer algorithm is developed using OpenCV and optical character recognizer (OCR) tools to help automate some test challenges. Our result shows that advanced user interface (UI) test automation (AUTA) can perform a 125 test cases within 5 hours compared to 48 hours for a human to complete the job.</p>

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