Everything about Graphical user interface testing

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Graphical user interface testingA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Many-objective test case generation for graphical user interface applications via search-based and model-based testingInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Advances in ComputersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Graphical user interface (GUI) testing: Systematic mapping and repositoryCited 135 times
5. Go sideways: Test automationA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: QF-TestA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Graphical user interface (GUI) testing: Systematic mapping and repository

  Ishan Banerjee, Bao Nguyen, Vahid Garousi · 2013 · Information and Software Technology · 135 citations

• testar – scriptless testing through graphical user interface

  Tanja E. J. Vos, Pekka Aho, Fernando Pastor Ricos · 2021 · Software Testing, Verification and Reliability · 41 citations

• A systematic mapping study for graphical user interface testing on mobile apps

  Liming Nie, Kabir Sulaiman Said, Lingfei Ma · 2023 · IET Software · 26 citations

• Input Contract Testing of Graphical User Interfaces

  Tugkan Tuglular, Fevzi Belli, Michael Linschulte · 2016 · International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering · 9 citations

• Towards behavior-driven graphical user interface testing

  Hendrik Bünder, Herbert Kuchen · 2019 · ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review · 6 citations

• A Graphical User Interface (GUI) Testing Methodology

  Zafar Singhera, Ellis Horowitz, Abad Shah · 2008 · International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering · 3 citations

• Survey on Graphical User Interface and Machine Learning Based Testing Techniques

  B. Uma Maheswari, S. Valli · 2014 · Journal of Artificial Intelligence · 3 citations

• A Systematic Literature Review on Graphical User Interface Testing Through Software Patterns

  Ambreen Kousar, Saif Ur Rehman Khan, Atif Mashkoor · 2025 · IET Software · 3 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Many-objective test case generation for graphical user interface applications via search-based and model-based testing

  Valdivino Alexandre de Santiago, Ender Özcan, Juliana Marino Balera · 2022 · Expert Systems with Applications · 5 citations

• Finite State Testing of Graphical User Interface using Genetic Algorithm

  Sumit Kumar, Nitin Nitin, Mitul Yadav · 2023 · International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication · 2 citations

• A user-friendly graphical user interface for paw touch classification in rodent cylinder testing

  Tyler R. Johnson, Katherine D. Zerefos, Dawn M. Taylor · 2026 · Frontiers in Neuroscience · 0 citations

• ARCHITECTURE OF AN ADAPTIVE INTELLIGENT TESTING SYSTEM FOR TESTING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

  V.A. BOYKO, S.V. ZYKOV · 2026 · Informatization and communication · 0 citations

• A process-centric review of large language models in graphical user interface testing: architectures, lifecycle impact, and challenges

  Mai Phu Trong, Ngo Tung Son, Vu Truong Giang · 2026 · PeerJ Computer Science · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Advances in ComputersAtif Memon · 2012
• Quantifying the user experienceJeff Sauro · 2012
• Scripted GUI Testing with RubyIan Dees · 2008
• Effective GUI test automationKanglin Li · 2004
• Citrix CCATodd W. Mathers, Todd Mathers · 2005
• Effective GUI test automationKanglin Li · 2005
• 📕Scripted GUI testing with RubyIan Dees · 2008
• CCA Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 Study Guide (Exam 223) (Certification Press)Christopher Huffman, Jeff Richards · 2005

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