• DocumentCode
    817067
  • Title

    Test-Driven GUI Development with TestNG and Abbot

  • Author

    Ruiz, Alex ; Price, Yvonne Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, CA
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    Testing GUIs can make the entire system safer and more robust. Any GUI, even one providing only the simplest capabilities, likely encloses some level of complexity. The more user-friendly a GUI is the more complexity it might be hiding from the user. Any complexity in software must be tested because code without tests is a potential source of bugs. A well-tested application has a greater chance of success. Several recommendations and practices can simplify test-driven GUI development for Java Swing applications. TestNG-Abbot, a developer-friendly library, provides a simple API that facilitates the application of TDD to Java GUIs
  • Keywords
    Java; application program interfaces; graphical user interfaces; program testing; API; Abbot; Java Swing application; TestNG; software complexity; test-driven GUI development; Application software; Computer bugs; Graphical user interfaces; Java; Libraries; Productivity; Robots; Robustness; Software testing; System testing; GUI testing; Java; Swing; test-driven development; testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2007.92
  • Filename
    4163029