HTAF: Hybrid Testing Automation Framework to Leverage Local and Global Computing Resources
Venue
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6784 (2011), pp. 479-494
Publication Year
2011
Authors
Keun Soo Yim, David Hreczany, Ravishankar K. Iyer
BibTeX
Abstract
In web application development, testing forms an increasingly large portion of
software engineering costs due to the growing complexity and short time-to-market
of these applications. This paper presents a hybrid testing automation framework
(HTAF) that can automate routine works in testing and releasing web software. Using
this framework, an individual software engineer can easily describe his routine
software engineering tasks and schedule these described tasks by using both his
local machine and global cloud computers in an efficient way. This framework is
applied to commercial web software development processes. Our industry practice
shows four example cases where the hybrid and decentralized architecture of HTAF is
helpful at effectively managing both hardware resources and manpower required for
testing and releasing web applications.
