GUI Testing for Introductory Object-Oriented Programming Exercises

摘要

Automated testing is necessary in large classrooms where many students learn a programming language. This paper presents a method to test and score student programs with graphical user interfaces written in JavaFX. The method is based on scripts that analyzes the structure of programs under test and simulates user's interactions. We implemented several utility methods to write the testing scripts easy. No additional software library is required to run the scripts. Preliminary evaluation results are shown on the developing and executing of scripts for real exercises in our introductory programming classrooms.