Annotating gui test automation playback and debugging
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorWesley D. Hayutin
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Abstract
A method and system for annotating an object on the graphical user interface (GUI) (“a GUI object”) during automated testing of an application. In one embodiment, the GUI of an application is tested with a test automation tool. During runtime of the automated test, the test automation tool automatically overlays a visual cue on the GUI. The visual cue points to a GUI object of the application and contains a comment regarding an event relating to the GUI object that is expected to occur in runtime.
Claims3
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- testing a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application with a test automation tool;
- and
- during runtime of the test automation tool, automatically overlaying a visual cue on the GUI, the visual cue pointing to a GUI object of the application and containing a comment regarding an event relating to the GUI object that is expected to occur in runtime.
A system comprising:
- data storage to store a test automation tool and an application;
- a display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application;
- and
- a computing entity coupled to the data storage and the display, the computing entity to test the GUI with the test automation tool and, during runtime, to automatically annotate a GUI object of the application with an annotation overlay that points to the GUI object, the annotation overlay to contain a comment regarding an event relating to the GUI object that is expected to occur in runtime.
A computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:
- testing a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application with a test automation tool;
- and
- during runtime of the test automation tool, automatically overlaying a visual cue on the GUI, the visual cue pointing to a GUI object of the application and containing a comment regarding an event relating to the GUI object that is expected to occur in runtime.
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