• DocumentCode
    808313
  • Title

    How to test graphical user interfaces

  • Author

    Dabóczi, Tamás ; Kollár, István ; Simon, Gyula ; Megyeri, Tamás

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Meas. & Instrum. Eng., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Hungary
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    33
  • Abstract
    An approach for automatically testing GUIs in the MATLAB environment has been proposed. We developed a software tool that tests GUIs by simulating the user through an action recorder. We proposed a heuristic test procedure: providing random input to GUI, but guiding the randomness with predefined weights assigned to the user controls. The weights change during the testing process, as the controls are activated. The errors are collected for later investigation.
  • Keywords
    errors; graphical user interfaces; program testing; software tools; GUI testing; MATLAB environment; action recorder; graphical user interface testing; heuristic test procedure; software tool; user simulation; Application software; Automatic testing; Computer errors; Embedded system; Graphical user interfaces; Humans; Instruments; MATLAB; Mobile handsets; Software testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1094-6969
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIM.2003.1238336
  • Filename
    1238336
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=808313