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STUDYPAPERONTESTCASEGENERATIONFOR

GUIBASEDTESTING

ABSTRACT

WiththeadventofWWWandoutburstintechnologyandsoftwaredevelopment,testingthesoftware

becameamajorconcern.Duetotheimportanceofthetestingphaseinasoftwaredevelopmentlifecycle,

testinghasbeendividedintographicaluserinterface(GUI)basedtesting,logicaltesting,integration

testing,etc.GUITestinghasbecomeveryimportantasitprovidesmoresophisticatedwaytointeractwith

thesoftware.ThecomplexityoftestingGUIincreasedovertime.Thetestingneedstobeperformedina

waythatitprovideseffectiveness,efficiency,increasedfaultdetectionrateandgoodpathcoverage.To

coverallusecasesandtoprovidetestingforallpossible(success/failure)scenariosthelengthofthetest

sequenceisconsideredimportant.Intentofthispaperistostudysometechniquesusedfortestcase

generationandprocessforvariousGUIbasedsoftwareapplications.

KEYWORDS

GUITesting,Model-BasedTesting,TestCase,AutomatedTesting,EventTesting.

1.INTRODUCTION

GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)isaprograminterfacethattakesadvantageofthecomputers

graphicscapabilitiestomaketheprogrameasiertouse.GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)provides

useranimmensewaytointeractwiththesoftware[1].Themosteminentandessentialpartsof

thesoftwarethatisbeingusedtodayareGraphicalUserInterfaces(GUIs)[8],[9].Eventhough

GUIsprovidesuseraneasywaytousethesoftware,theymakethedevelopmentprocessofthe

softwaretangled[2].

Graphicaluserinterface(GUI)testingistheprocessoftestingsoftwaresgraphicaluserinterface

tosafeguarditmeetsitswrittenspecificationsandtodetectifapplicationisworkingfunctionally

correct.GUItestinginvolvesperformingsometasksandcomparingtheresultwiththeexpected

output.Thisisperformedusingtestcases.GUITestingcanbeperformedei