Home // VALID 2011, The Third International Conference on Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle // View article

Utilizing Domain-Specific Modelling for Software Testing

Authors:
Olli-Pekka Puolitaival
Teemu Kanstrén
Veli-Matti Rytky
Asmo Saarela

Keywords: domain-specific modellin; test automation

Abstract:
Automated execution of manually defined regression tests is a very widely used and well-known area. While test execution can be more easily automated, test case creation and maintenance are still mainly manual efforts and practically the biggest cost factors in software testing. We view writing test cases as basically a programming activity and believe it can thus benefit from extended application of generic programming tools and techniques. In this paper, we describe our work in applying domain-specific modelling (DSM) to the domain of test case creation. DSM is a variability handling method typically applied in software development. It is widely used and powerful method best applied when there are several kinds of variations. DSM is typically tailored to make own optimized modelling solution inside a company, after which it can be applied effectively and without requiring specific programming skills. In this paper we describe how we have applied DSM to describe variability in software behaviour in terms of test cases, and its application in a case study. The results show a reduction in the cost of over test automation.

Pages: 115 to 120

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: October 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4316

ISBN: 978-1-61208-168-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011