Motivation

Testing is critical to the success of software projects. Bredex GmbH has been developing software for over 20 years, and has specialised in Java projects since 1995. Because the majority of our projects are designed for end users, we place particular importance on functional testing through the GUI.

When looking for a test tool, we had certain requirements:

• Automated tests should follow the same good practices and standards as software - reusability, maintainability and structure.
• Test creation should begin before an application under test is available, in contrast to capture-replay methods. The earlier you test, the easier and cheaper the issues are to resolve.
• The effort for test creation and maintenance should be minimal.
• Programming tasks should not be involved in test creation. Programmed tests are uneconomical because they increase the amount of code which has to be maintained by technical staff.
• Support for high-level operations on trees, tables, tabs etc.
• Extensibility - to incorporate proprietary components into tests.

GUIdancer is our tool, designed to fulfill these requirements while keeping the cost of testing low and improving the quality of your software.