Test script creation based on abstract test user controls

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• create a mock-up graphical user interface (GUI) and a mock-up test script for an application concurrently with a development of a logic of the application by initiating the creation of the mock-up GUI based on a user interface (UI) specification of the application and the mock-up test script before the development of the logic of the application is complete, wherein the development of the logic of the application is based on a functional specification of the application,
• wherein the mock-up GUI includes test user controls to receive user input and not forward the user input to the logic of the application, and wherein the mock-up test script includes the test user controls associated with the mock-up GUI and is created based on the mock-up GUI and not based on a GUI of the application or the functional specification used to develop the logic of the application;
• create a test script for testing the application based on the mock-up test script, including converting the test user controls in the mock-up test script associated with the mock-up GUI to user controls of the GUI of the application, wherein converting the test user controls in the mock-up test script to the user controls of the GUI of the application comprises correlating attributes of the test user controls in the mock-up test script with attributes of the user controls;
• test the mock-up GUI by executing the mock-up test script on the mock-up GUI;
• and
• test the application by executing the test script on the application and on the user controls.

A method executed by a computer system, comprising:

• creating a mock-up graphical user interface (GUI) and a mock-up test script for an application concurrently with a development of a logic of the application by initiating the creating of the mock-up GUI based on a user interface (UI) specification of the application and the mock-up test script before the development of the logic of the application is complete, wherein the development of the logic of the application is based on a functional specification of the application, wherein the mock-up GUI includes test user controls to receive user input and not forward the user input to the logic of the application, and the mock-up test script includes the test user controls associated with the mock-up GUI, and wherein creating the mock-up test script is based on the mock-up GUI and not based on the logic, the functional specification, and a GUI of the application;
• creating an application test script for testing the application based on the mock-up test script and the GUI of the application, including converting the test user controls in the mock-up test script associated with the mock-up GUI to user controls of the GUI of the application, wherein converting the test user controls in the mock-up test script to the user controls of the GUI of the application comprises correlating attributes of the test user controls in the mock-up test script with attributes of the user controls;
• and
• testing the application by executing the application test script on the application and on the user controls.