Apparatus, method, and program for generating a test script for a web application based on screen transitions

An analysis apparatus comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising:

• receiving a script, wherein the script is based on a web application configured to render screens, the script describes an automatic transition from an initial screen of the web application to a first screen of interest of a plurality of screens of interest of the web application, and the plurality of screens of interest represents a boundary of testing the web application;
• executing the script, causing the automatic transition from the initial screen to the first screen of interest of the plurality of screens of interest of the web application;
• subsequent to the automatic transition to the first screen, automatically generating, as a screen transition analysis, based on a code of a controller of the web application configured to render the first screen of the web application, a combination of a test scenario of the first screen, input data of the first screen, and a screen transition from the first screen to a second screen of the plurality of screens of interest, wherein the screen transition analysis represents at least a part of performing specification reconstruction of a part of the web application, and the second screen is within the boundary based on a predetermined number of hops for screen transitions from the first screen;
• dynamically updating, based on causing execution of the second code according to the test scenario and the screen transition, screen transition information of the web application;
• and
• automatically generating, based on the test scenario and the screen transition information, a test script of the screen transition from the first screen to the second screen of the plurality of screens of interest as output for testing the web application.

A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a computer-executable program instructions that when executed by a processor cause a computer system to execute an operation comprising:

• receiving a script, wherein the script is based on a web application configured to render screens, the script describes an automatic transition from an initial screen of the web application to a first screen of interest of a plurality of screens of interest of the web application, and the plurality of screens of interest represents a boundary of testing the web application;
• executing the script, causing the automatic transition from the initial screen to the first screen of interest of the plurality of screens of interest of the web application;
• subsequent to the automatic transition to the first screen, automatically generating, as a screen transition analysis, based on a code of a controller of the web application configured to render the first screen of the web application, a combination of a test scenario of the first screen, input data of the first screen, and a screen transition from the first screen to a second screen of the plurality of screens of interest, wherein the screen transition analysis represents at least a part of performing specification reconstruction of a part of the web application, and the second screen is within the boundary based on a predetermined number of hops for screen transitions from the first screen;
• dynamically updating, based on causing execution of the second code according to the test scenario and the screen transition, screen transition information of the web application;
• and
• automatically generating, based on the test scenario and the screen transition information, a test script of the screen transition from the first screen to the second screen of the plurality of screens of interest as output for testing the web application.