An integration framework for heterogeneous automatic software tests

: Developing and maintaining large software systems can require the usage of a variety of different automatic test tools. The complexity of the tools leads to considerable overheads for administration and maintenance of the test cases, as well as for the analysis of the test results. The necessary know-how to handle the test tools may limit their acceptance. This paper describes an integration framework for heterogeneous automatic test tools that unifies the test case administration, test execution, and reporting of the test results. 1 Motivation The usage of automatic software tests has become indispensable for the development and especially for the maintenance of large software systems. A multitude of different test tools can be used for the implementation of test cases, their automatic execution as well as the analysis and presentation of test results [1][2]. For the development of complex software products a variety of those test tools is used. This may be due to different implemen...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: SE
• Authors: Holger Schackmann, Horst Lichter, Veit Hoffmann
• Keywords: Automatic Test Tools, SE 2007, Software Engineering, Test Cases, Test Tools