How to test in sixteen languages? Automation support for localization testing
| R. Ramler, R. Hoschek. How to test in sixteen languages? Automation support for localization testing. pages 542-543, DOI 10.1109/ICST.2017.63, 3, 2017. | |
| Autoren | |
| Buch | Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2017) |
| Typ | In Konferenzband |
| Verlag | IEEE |
| DOI | 10.1109/ICST.2017.63 |
| ISBN | 978-1-5090-6031-3 |
| Monat | 3 |
| Jahr | 2017 |
| Seiten | 542-543 |
| Abstract | Developing for a global market requires the inter-nationalization of software products and their localization to different countries, regions, and cultures. Localization testing verifies that the localized software variants work, look and feel as expected. Localization testing is a perfect candidate for automation. It has a high potential to reduce the manual effort in testing of multiple language variants and to speed-up release cycles. However, localization testing is rarely investigated in scientific work. There are only a few reports on automation approaches for localization testing providing very little empirical results or practical advice. In this paper we describe the approach we ap-plied for automated testing of the different localized variants of a large industrial software system, we report on the various bugs found, and we discuss our experiences and lessons learned. |