System and method for generating source code-based test cases

• US 8,001,532 B1
• Filed: 11/09/2006
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parasoft Corporation
• Original Assignee: Parasoft Corporation
• Inventors: Jakubiak, Nathan Michael, Kucharski, Marek
• Primary Examiner(s): DAO, THUY CHAN
• Application Number:
  US11/558,241
• Time in Patent Office: 1,741 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/125
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases

Abstract

A method and system for generating source code-based test cases for a remote application. The method and system include storing a table including mapping between user-inputs and a corresponding source code fragment; recording user'"'"'s actions in the remote application by a test tool; accessing the table to locate corresponding source code fragments for the recorded user'"'"'s actions; retrieving the corresponding source code fragments to generate source code-based test cases; compiling the source code-based test cases; and executing the compiled source code-based test cases outside of the test tool.

Claims

1. A method executed by one or more computers for generating source code-based test cases for a remote application requiring a plurality of users'"'"' actions, the method comprising:

storing a table including the users'"'"' action required by the remote application and corresponding source code fragments, respectively, the user'"'"'s actions representing actual steps a user would take when interacting with the remote application;

recording a user'"'"'s actions in the remote application by a test tool, when the user is interacting with the remote application;

accessing the table to locate corresponding source code fragments for the recorded user'"'"'s actions;

retrieving the corresponding source code fragments to generate source code-based test cases, which emulate said recorded user'"'"'s actions in the remote application;

compiling the source code-based test cases; and

executing the compiled source code-based test cases outside of the test tool to test the remote application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a current status of the remote application as the source code-based test case is executed.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising highlighting incorrect page elements to make them more visible to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a current status of the remote application including a visual display of a failure'"'"'s location, in a browser, as the source code-based test case is executed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an image of the remote application in a browser.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying an image of the remote application comprises capturing a series of images after each specified user action;

storing the captured series of images in a database along with a description of what use case the set of images is related to, and a description of a particular user action taken before the image was captured.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote application is a web application.

8. A system for generating source code-based test cases for a remote application requiring a plurality of users'"'"' actions, comprising:

a memory for storing a table including the users'"'"' action required by the remote application and corresponding source code fragments, respectively, the user'"'"'s actions representing actual steps a user would take when interacting with the remote application;

a first computer for executing a test tool for recording user'"'"'s actions in the remote application, when the user is interacting with the remote application;

a second computer for accessing the table to locate corresponding source code fragments for the recorded user'"'"'s actions, for retrieving the corresponding source code fragments to generate source code-based test cases, which emulate said recorded user'"'"'s actions in the remote application, and for compiling the source code-based test cases; and

a third computer for executing the compiled source code-based test cases outside of the test tool.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a display for displaying a current status of the remote application.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the display is configured to highlight incorrect page elements to make them more visible to the user.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising a browser executed by the third computer for displaying on the display a current status of the remote application including a visual display of a failure'"'"'s location.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the display is configured to display an image of the remote application in a browser.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the remote application is a web application.