an empirical study on test driven development process for android applications

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	an empirical study on test driven development process for android applications
	Chen Juncheng; Xue Yunzhi; Chen Zhao
	2011
会议名称	15th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2011
会议录名称	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2011
页码	137-144
会议日期	December 14, 2011 - December 16, 2011
会议地点	Dallas, TX, United states
收录类别	EI
ISBN	9780889869066
部门归属	(1) National Engineering Research Center for Fundamental Software Institute of Software Academy of Chinese Sciences P. O. Box 8718 Beijing China
摘要	The rapid expansion of mobile device market requires software vendors to deliver mobile applications with high quality within a short time limit. In this paper, we present an iterative test driven development(TDD) process for mobile applications running on Android. In each iteration of this process, developers can specify a new feature or improvement by specifying GUI elements and corresponding GUI behavior in a test case, then write or refactor code to pass the test. This process utilizes mGUITester, a test engine specially designed for Android's applications, to execute the test cases automatically. Empirical studies on two typical applications show that the TDD process can help semi-skilled developers improve product quality within limited time, but does not work equally well for beginners and professionals.; The rapid expansion of mobile device market requires software vendors to deliver mobile applications with high quality within a short time limit. In this paper, we present an iterative test driven development(TDD) process for mobile applications running on Android. In each iteration of this process, developers can specify a new feature or improvement by specifying GUI elements and corresponding GUI behavior in a test case, then write or refactor code to pass the test. This process utilizes mGUITester, a test engine specially designed for Android's applications, to execute the test cases automatically. Empirical studies on two typical applications show that the TDD process can help semi-skilled developers improve product quality within limited time, but does not work equally well for beginners and professionals.
关键词	Graphical User Interfaces Mobile Devices Mobile Telecommunication Systems Robots Software Engineering
主办者	Int. Assoc. Sci. Technol. Dev. (IASTED)
语种	英语
内容类型	会议论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/16287
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen Juncheng,Xue Yunzhi,Chen Zhao. an empirical study on test driven development process for android applications[C],2011:137-144.