Title | ||
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Enabling automated integration testing of cloud application services in virtualized environments |
Abstract | ||
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Software development under the cloud computing model brings the advantage that new applications can be rapidly constructed by tailoring existing services. However, the use of Internet-based services as software components, leads to the development of applications in which some building blocks are hosted remotely, rather than locally in a controlled environment. This aspect of cloud-based development, when coupled with factors such as service autonomy, complexity, and high dependability criteria, make software testing of the cloud especially challenging. In this paper we present a novel approach to support integration testing of applications that depend on remotely-hosted cloud services. Our approach seeks to reuse elements of the test automation, typically built to validate a cloud service prior to its deployment, for the realization of Test Support-as-a-Service (TSaaS). TSaaS provides developers with a set of functions that enable integration testing of cloud services using controlled virtual environments. To facilitate continued evaluation of our approach, we have implemented a prototype of TSaaS that is compatible with the Windows Azure platform. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
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2011 | CASCON | internet-based service,software component,cloud application service,novel approach,software development,cloud-based development,virtualized environment,software testing,cloud computing model,cloud service,automated integration testing,integration testing,remotely-hosted cloud service |
Field | DocType | Citations |
Service virtualization,Services computing,Dependability,Integration testing,Computer science,Real-time computing,Component-based software engineering,Software development,Cloud testing,Cloud computing,Distributed computing | Conference | 5 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.46 | 10 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Tariq M. King | 1 | 131 | 16.61 |
Annaji S. Ganti | 2 | 5 | 0.46 |
David Froslie | 3 | 5 | 0.46 |