Guideline of Test Suite Construction for GUI Software Centered on Grey-Box Approach
- 1 School of Software, University of South China, Hengyang, China
- 2 School of Software, University of South China, Hengyang, China
- 3 School of Mechanical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, China
Abstract
In this paper, the test suite construction for GUI (Graphical User Interface) software may be executed centered on grey-box approach with the prior test design of window access controls for unit testing, including front-end method of white box and follow-up black box method for integration testing. Moreover, two key opinions are proposed for the test suite construction for GUI software, the first one is that the “Triple-step method” should be used for unit testing with the prior disposing of data boundary value testing of input controls, and another one is that the “Grey-box approach” should be applied in integration testing for GUI software with necessary testing preparation in the precondition. At the same time, the testing of baseline version and the incremental testing should be considered for the test case construction to coordinate with the whole evolution of software product today. Additionally, all our opinion and thought are verified and tested with a typical case of GUI software — PQMS (Product Quality Monitoring Software/System), and results indicate that these methods and specific disposing are practical and effective.
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