End-to-End Testing in Web Environments: Addressing Practical Challenges
Sergio Di Meglio · 2025
End-to-End (E2E) testing is a critical practice for ensuring the functionality and reliability of software applications in real-world scenarios. The two main approaches within E2E testing are GUI testing and Performance testing. Despite their importance, their adoption remains limited due to several challenges, including limited automation in test generation, high fragility that complicates maintenance, and the lack of comprehensive datasets. These obstacles hinder both industrial adoption and academic progress. My Ph.D. research carried out in collaboration with an industry partner, addresses these challenges by proposing a solution to automate the generation of web workloads and estimate the fragility of web GUI tests. However, the work also highlighted the persistent lack of a comprehensive dataset. To fill this gap, I have developed a curated dataset of open-source repositories that allow these approaches to be explored and open up new avenues of research.