Testar: scriptless testing through graphical user interface

Tanja E. J. Vos; Pekka Aho; Fernando Pastor Ricós; Olivia Rodriguez Valdes; Ad Mulders

doi:10.1002/STVR.1771

Testar: scriptless testing through graphical user interface

Tanja E. J. Vos^*, Pekka Aho, Fernando Pastor Ricós, Olivia Rodriguez Valdes, Ad Mulders

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Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

Covering all the possible paths of the graphical user interface (GUI) with test scripts would take too much effort and result in serious maintenance issues. We propose complementing scripted testing with scriptless test automation using the open-source testar tool. This paper gives a comprehensive overview of testar and its latest extensions together with the ongoing and future research. With this paper, we hope we can help and encourage other researchers to use testar for their GUI testing-related research and pave the way for an international research agenda in GUI testing built upon stable and open-source infrastructure.

Original language	English
Article number	e1771
Journal	Software Testing, Verification and Reliability
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/STVR.1771
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

Keywords

artificial intelligence
graphical user interface
model inference
monkey testing
test automation

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