How to test GUIs?

[Rune Allnor]

Hi all.

I am a bit frustrated as I find myself 'entrapped' in a GUI library,
in the sense that I have to use the components and data structures
provided by the library, but apparently with no means for testing the
GUI part of the application. I am in particular in need for a way to
test computations on items belonging in a graphical setting, that
would require me to duplicate a lot of the GUI library's
functionality
if I were to test it with e.g. Boost.Test.

What are the common strategies for testing GUIs?
Are there generic tools available for such testing, or are
these kinds of things specific to the vendor or library?

Rune

 

[Ralph Malph]

Hi all.

I am a bit frustrated as I find myself 'entrapped' in a GUI library,
in the sense that I have to use the components and data structures
provided by the library, but apparently with no means for testing the
GUI part of the application. I am in particular in need for a way to
test computations on items belonging in a graphical setting, that
would require me to duplicate a lot of the GUI library's
functionality
if I were to test it with e.g. Boost.Test.

What are the common strategies for testing GUIs?
Are there generic tools available for such testing, or are
these kinds of things specific to the vendor or library?

Most Functional QA testing of GUIs is done with a
tool like Silk Test
http://www.borland.com/us/products/silk/silktest/index.html
There are a few competitors to Silk Test as well.
None of the ones I know of are free is that is a
concern. Well, actually, I do know of the Java Robot
class
http://www.developer.com/java/other...roduction-to-the-Java-Robot-Class-in-Java.htm
If you feel like starting from scratch.
This is clearly something I am not an expert in but
have done enough to give you a few pointers.
Hope that helps!