AutAT: an eclipse plugin for automatic acceptance testing of web applications

In this paper we describe AutAT, an open source Eclipse plugin to better enable test driven development of web applications. AutAT lets non-technical people write acceptance tests (or functional tests) using a user-friendly graphical editor, and convert this visual representation of the tests into executable tests. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.5 [Software engineering]: Testing and Debugging – Testing tools. D.2.1 [Software engineering]: Requirements/Specifications – Elicitation methods, tools. D.2.9 [Software engineering]: Management – Life cycle, Software configuration management, Software quality assurance. General Terms Management, Documentation, Verification. Keywords Automatic acceptance test, web application, test driven development, change control.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: OOPSLA
• Authors: Christian Schwarz, Stein Kåre Skytteren, Trond Marius Øvstetun
• Keywords: Acceptance Test, OOPSLA 2005, Software Engineering, Test Driven Development