Iulia Ștefan and Ioan Ivan, Technical University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The web applications development has experienced an explosive growth in variety and complexity during the past decade. Most web-based applications are modelled as three tier architecture, the client side experience remaining virtually unchanged, while server-side is updated. However, client-side architecture can change with unexpected results. Consequently, testing procedures should support continue improvements to pursue the current trends and technology. This paper presents an automated tool for testing client-side component of web applications. The testing data is extracted using a crawler. Adopting several procedures, the general aspect of the page is analysed (CSS regression testing). All of the content is tested, including links, images, forms, and scripts. The resulted test cases are automatically created, leaving the user with the option to decide over their usage.

Automated testing, web application, PHP