Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing is a relevant step of the soft- ware development process which is not often performed thoroughly due to its unappealing nature, to the inherent fragility of test cases, and to the fact that test cases – composed of long and complicated sequences of operations – have to be manually written by testers. We propose GERRY , a Capture & Replay GUI testing tool which implements an approach based on Gamification, i.e., the application of gaming elements to non-ludic activities. The purpose of the tool is to increase the engagement of the testers when performing GUI test case definition tasks. The tool makes use of mechanics typical of games such as progress indicators, leaderboards, and unlockable rewards, to increase user interest and involvement. GERRY also generates reports (i.e., traces of all actions and milestones reached during a session), written logs of the performed testing sessions, and scripts compatible with existing GUI testing tools (SikuliX and Selenium) for replay purposes.

GERRY: A Gamified Browser Tool for GUI Testing / Garaccione, Giacomo; Fulcini, Tommaso; Torchiano, Marco. - (2022), pp. 2-9. (Intervento presentato al convegno Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Gamification of Software Development, Verification, and Validation (Gamify '22) tenutosi a Singapore nel November 17, 2022) [10.1145/3548771.3561408].

GERRY: A Gamified Browser Tool for GUI Testing

Giacomo Garaccione;Tommaso Fulcini;Marco Torchiano
2022

Abstract

Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing is a relevant step of the soft- ware development process which is not often performed thoroughly due to its unappealing nature, to the inherent fragility of test cases, and to the fact that test cases – composed of long and complicated sequences of operations – have to be manually written by testers. We propose GERRY , a Capture & Replay GUI testing tool which implements an approach based on Gamification, i.e., the application of gaming elements to non-ludic activities. The purpose of the tool is to increase the engagement of the testers when performing GUI test case definition tasks. The tool makes use of mechanics typical of games such as progress indicators, leaderboards, and unlockable rewards, to increase user interest and involvement. GERRY also generates reports (i.e., traces of all actions and milestones reached during a session), written logs of the performed testing sessions, and scripts compatible with existing GUI testing tools (SikuliX and Selenium) for replay purposes.
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