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Authors: David Byers, Magnus Engström, and Mariam Kamkar
Article title: The Design of a Test Case Definition Language
Conference: AADEBUG'97. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Automatic Debugging: Linköping, Sweden, May 26-27, 1997
Publ. type: Article
Article No: 7
Language: English
Abstract [en]: Unit testing of software requires the construction of large amounts of supporting software. Test drivers and stubs are needed to isolate the unit under test from other units, and test cases specifications need to be translated into compilable code. Constructing test software is as time-consuming and as fault-prone as any other software, and sometimes more so. To support testers there are tools that can automatically generate test code from test case specifications that are similar to the test case specification. These tools include a test case definition language, in which the test cases are stated, and a test script generator, that generates compilable code from the test case definitions. Even so, testers often have to resort to writing source code for test cases requiring features unavailable in the test case definition language. To learn more about how a better test case definition language could be constructed, we have designed and implemented a test script generator and a test case definition language. This paper gives an overview of some of our experiences and some of our ideas for future work.
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Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
Year: 1997
Available: 1997-09-10
No. of pages: 9
Pages: 69-77
Series: Linköping Electronic Articles in Computer and Information Science
ISSN: 1401-9841
Volume: 2
No: 009
Series: Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings
ISSN (print): 1650-3686
ISSN (online): 1650-3740
Issue: 1
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Byers, David ; Engström, Magnus and Kamkar, Mariam (1997). The Design of a Test Case Definition Language in Linköping Electronic Articles in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 2, No. 009:07. http://www.ep.liu.se/ea/cis/1997/009/07/. (2010-02-09)