Automated Test Case Generation for Web Applications from a Domain Specific Model

Abstract

Model-based testing is a promising technique for test case design that is used in an increasing number of application domains. However, to fully gain efficiency advantages, intuitive domain-specific notations with comfortable tool support as well as a high degree of automation in the whole testing process are required. In this paper, a model-based testing approach for web application black box testing is presented. A notation for web application control flow models augmented with data flow information is introduced. The described research prototype demonstrates the fully automated generation of ready to use test case scripts for common test automation tools including test oracles from the model.