Print Email Facebook Twitter Research issues in the automated testing of Ajax applications Title Research issues in the automated testing of Ajax applications Author Van Deursen, A. Mesbah, A. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Software Computer Technology Date 2009-12-31 Abstract Note: This paper is a pre-print of: Arie van Deursen and Ali Mesbah. Research Issues in the Automated Testing of Ajax Applications. In Proceedings 36th International Conference on Current Trend in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM), pp. 16-28. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5901, Springer-Verlag, 2010. There is a growing trend to move desktop applications towards the web. This move is made possible through advances in web technologies collectively known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax). With Ajax, the classical model of browsing a series of pages is replaced by a JavaScript engine (running in the browser) taking control of user interaction, exchanging information updates with the web server instead of requesting the complete next page. The benefits of this move include no installation costs, automated upgrading for all users, increased interactivity, reduced user-perceived latency, and universal access, to name a few. Ajax, however, comes at a price: the asynchronous, stateful nature and the use of JavaScript make Ajax applications particularly error-prone, causing serious dependability threats. In this paper, we evaluate to what extent automated testing can be used to address these Ajax dependability problems. Based on an analysis of the current challenges in testing Ajax, we formulate directions for future research. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fc863b3f-e4e6-480f-9b4d-680364d6ecba Publisher Delft University of Technology, Software Engineering Research Group ISSN 1872-5392 Source Technical Report Series TUD-SERG-2009-032 Other version https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11266-9_2 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type lecture notes Rights (c) 2009 The authorsSpringer Files PDF TUD-SERG-2009-032.pdf 304.14 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fc863b3f-e4e6-480f-9b4d-680364d6ecba/datastream/OBJ/view