Effective unit testing framework for automation of windows applications

Abstract

The major concern of software industry is software quality and reliability. Unit Testing is a practical approach to improve the quality and reliability of a software. Unit testing is usually performed by programmers and is the base for all other tests such as integration testing and system testing. Unit Testing can be done manually (and/or) automatically. This paper presents "White.NUnit" framework that automates the unit testing of windows applications. The automated unit tests are written by the developers after the completion of functionality coding. We found that the number of defects got reduced when automated unit tests are written iteratively similar to test driven development. This framework proved that significant portions of windows application can be automatically tested without manual intervention. This reduces the Manpower involved in testing each and every unit of the application and increases the quality of the software product. © 2013 Springer.