Automatic generation of user interfaces

A system comprising:

• memory;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
• and
• a development and testing environment communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the development and testing environment configured to:
• receive at least one test script associated with a user interface as an input, wherein the test script comprises a set of test instructions configured to test the user interface;
• parse each test instruction in the set of test instructions;
• identify, based on to each test instruction being parsed, a set of user interface elements associated with the user interface referenced by each test instruction;
• determine whether the user interface comprises the set of user interface elements based on a document object model associated with the user interface;
• generate, within the user interface, at least one user interface element in the set of user interface elements based on the user interface failing to comprise the at least one user interface element, the generating avoiding a failure of the at least one test script;
• automatically positioning the user interface element that has been generated on the user interface wherein the user interface is automatically positioned on the user interface based on the user interface element being one of a first type that is used to arrange other user interface elements in the user interface and a second type that is used for interacting with users;
• and
• execute the set of text instructions on the set of user interface elements including the at least one user interface element that has been generated.

A computer program product for managing user interface elements, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to configured to test the user interface:

• receive at least one test script associated with a user interface as an input, wherein the test script comprises a set of test instructions;
• parse each test instruction in the set of test instructions;
• identify, based on each test instruction being parsed, a set of user interface elements associated with the user interface referenced by each test instruction;
• determine whether the user interface comprises the set of user interface elements based on a document object model associated with the user interface;
• generate, within the user interface, at least one user interface element in the set of user interface elements based on the user interface failing to comprise the at least one user interface element, the generating avoiding a failure of the at least one test script;
• automatically positioning the user interface element that has been generated on the user interface wherein the user interface is automatically positioned on the user interface based on the user interface element being one of a first type that is used to arrange other user interface elements in the user interface and a second type that is used for interacting with users;
• and
• execute the set of text instructions on the set of user interface elements including the at least one user interface element that has been generated.