Visual GUI Testing and TextTest
Some work from the last 6 Months in 4 minutes
What is Visual GUI Testing?
Test
step
Input
Expecte
d output
1
Click on Button x
button changes
x
color
2
Click on Button y
button changes
y
color
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…
N
Click on Button z
button changes
z
color
…
Transition costly and
tedious manual
test-scenarios…
…using image recognition
and scripts…
…to emulate end-user behavior
for automated System and
Acceptance testing.
Improved test frequency
Last time
Works on all platforms
Defect finding ability
Easy to use by anyone
Requires continuous maintenance
Future research: Continuous development
7%
20%
Continuous
VGT Maintenance
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Recent success story
Customer
Every 3-7 months
Reproduced in < 24 hours
Killed in 7 days
Development company
Stimulation with a
VGT Script
Manual
reproduction
What was the defect?
Memory
Custom menu
Shows that automated tests (VGT) can
Item 1
identify non-frequent,
Item 2 non-deterministic,
Item 3
defects!
Item 4
This afternoon… TextTest
Bitmap GUI
2.
ASCII representation
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What are the benefits
with TextTest?
3. What are the drawbacks with
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TextTest?
Fix ALL broken scripts and output
with ONE regular expression!
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Hope to see you this afternoon!
Emil.alegroth@chalmers.se