Process and tool support for internationalization and localization testing in software product development

R. Ramler, R. Hoschek. Process and tool support for internationalization and localization testing in software product development. volume 10611, pages 385-393, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-69926-4_27, 11, 2017.

Autoren
  • Rudolf Ramler
  • Robert Hoschek
Editoren
  • Michael Felderer
  • Daniel Méndez-Fernández
  • Burak Turhan
  • Marcos Kalinowski
  • Federica Sarro
  • Dietmar Winkler
BuchProduct-Focused Software Process Improvement - Proc. PROFES 2017
TypIn Konferenzband
VerlagSpringer
SerieLecture Notes in Computer Science
Band10611
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-69926-4_27
ISBN978-3-319-69925-7
Monat11
Jahr2017
Seiten385-393
Abstract

Software globalization is an inevitable step for many companies. Developing for a global market requires the internationalization of software products and their localization to different countries, regions, and cultures. Internationalization and localization testing verifies that localized variants of the software product work, look and feel as expected. The highly repetitive task of testing of multiple language variants makes localization testing a perfect candidate for automation with a high potential to reduce the involved human effort and to speed-up release cycles. However, there is surprisingly little support for localization testing by existing test automation tools. Furthermore, there are only few empirical results or practical insights available as the topic is rarely addressed in the scientific literature. In this paper we describe the process and tools applied for automated testing of the different localized variants of a large commercial software product, we report on the issues detected with automated localization tests, and we discuss our experiences and lessons learned.