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Automated Software Testing Frameworks: A Review

by Milad Hanna, Amal Elsayed Aboutabl, Mostafa-Sami M. Mostafa
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 179 - Number 46
Year of Publication: 2018
Authors: Milad Hanna, Amal Elsayed Aboutabl, Mostafa-Sami M. Mostafa
10.5120/ijca2018917171

Milad Hanna, Amal Elsayed Aboutabl, Mostafa-Sami M. Mostafa . Automated Software Testing Frameworks: A Review. International Journal of Computer Applications. 179, 46 ( Jun 2018), 22-28. DOI=10.5120/ijca2018917171

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author = { Milad Hanna, Amal Elsayed Aboutabl, Mostafa-Sami M. Mostafa },
title = { Automated Software Testing Frameworks: A Review },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jun 2018 },
volume = { 179 },
number = { 46 },
month = { Jun },
year = { 2018 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 22-28 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume179/number46/29484-2018917171/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2018917171 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Amal Elsayed Aboutabl
%A Mostafa-Sami M. Mostafa
%T Automated Software Testing Frameworks: A Review
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 179
%N 46
%P 22-28
%D 2018
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Manual software testing has been traditionally used in the software industry. It depends completely on human testers without the help of any tool to detect the unexpected behavior of an application. However, the main problem in the manual testing approach is that it is a time-consuming task in addition to the fact that tests cannot be reused. Automation software testing has been introduced to reduce testing efforts and detect as many faults as possible. Test cases are executed not only to test the functional requirements for the first time, but also to check the functions which have been already tested. This study aims to present the main features of different automation testing frameworks. In addition, an overview of different scripting techniques is presented during the study.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Software Testing Automated Software Testing Test Data Test Case Test Script Manual Testing Software Under Test.

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