Automated GUI Testing for Agile Development Environments

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dc.contributor.advisorMaurer, Frank
dc.contributor.authorHellmann, Theodore
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-24T20:31:03Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-24
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractFor as long as graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have existed, it has been difficult to test them. This difficulty has become more pressing with the advent of Agile development methodologies, which stress that software should be fully tested to demonstrate that it works from developers’ and users’ points of view. In this thesis, I explored the fundamental question of whether automated GUI testing and Agile development environments are, or can be made, compatible. I conducted systematic mapping studies to determine how GUI testing and agile are currently compatible in existing literature, and performed an interview study with practitioners in order to determine how well these results matched up with what is done in industry. Based on the results of these studies, I confirmed that test-driven development (TDD) was a major area where automated GUI tests could fit into an agile process. I proposed a novel approach to TDD of GUIs that leverages Agile User Interaction Design techniques: by using an interactive low-fidelity prototype – already part of many Agile development processes – as the basis for automated GUI tests, TDD can be performed on a GUI with minimal added effort. A controlled experiment was used to validate this approach with practitioners, and the results indicated that this approach would be useful in practice.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHellmann, T. (2015). Automated GUI Testing for Agile Development Environments (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25075en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25075
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2163
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectComputer Science
dc.subject.classificationSoftware Testingen_US
dc.subject.classificationSoftware Developmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationEmpirical Methodsen_US
dc.titleAutomated GUI Testing for Agile Development Environments
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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