SYNTest: Prototype of Syntax Test Case Generation Tool

摘要

This paper proposes a novel prototype of a web-based software testing tool, SYNTest (Syntax Test Case Generation Tool) to increase the quality of existing software testing practices. This tool implements the syntax testing technique in which regular expression is used to implement the syntax patterns. This results in the sequence of pattern or syntax to be captured and analysed from the data dictionary metadata that conforms with the use case description of system requirement specification. Test cases enabling the coverage of all possible testing scenarios are automatically generated from both valid and invalid syntax. The result of demonstration and evaluation with two case studies shows the usefulness and effectiveness of SYNTest tool as we expected.