Automated Software Testing Technologies for Realistic Computer Graphics

Automated Software Testing Technologies for Realistic Computer Graphics

This paper discusses automated software testing technologies for industrial systems of computer graphics and optical modeling. Test automation becomes vital in the case of limited resources and frequent releases of program versions, which is a typical situation for software developers. In this paper...

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Published in:Programming and computer software Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 76 - 87
Main Authors: Denisov, E. Yu, Voloboy, A. G., Biryukov, E. D., Kopylov, M. S., Kalugina, I. A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Algorithms
Application programming interface
Artificial Intelligence
Automation
Batch processing
Computer graphics
Computer Science
Graphical user interface
Operating Systems
Regression
Simulation
Software
Software development
Software Engineering
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems
Software testing
Source code
Test systems
Testing time
User interface
Visualization
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Summary:This paper discusses automated software testing technologies for industrial systems of computer graphics and optical modeling. Test automation becomes vital in the case of limited resources and frequent releases of program versions, which is a typical situation for software developers. In this paper, we consider both regression testing methods for computing kernels of software complexes and testing methods for graphical user interfaces. The regression testing uses the Python scripting engine. Some methods for its parallelization are described, which can significantly reduce testing time. With stochastic methods being widely employed for lighting simulation, their computational results can differ, which complicates regression testing. In that case, we apply a certain threshold to compare the results. Automated tests for graphical user interfaces are based on the AutoIt tool. In addition, we consider some approaches to testing graphical user interfaces of systems implemented as plug-ins for closed-source CAD complexes, the source code of which is not available to the developers of the automated tests.
ISSN:0361-7688
1608-3261
DOI:10.1134/S0361768820080034