Glossary

Assembly

A component of a .NET application. It is a *.exe or *.dll file. A typical application consists of multiple assemblies.

AUT

Application Under Test: the program that is to be tested.

Design-Time GUI object

A GUI element that has been created by application developers using Form Designer. Information about Design-Time GUI objects can be obtained by analyzing your application using .NET reflection, without having to run the application.

GUI

Graphical User Interface.

GUI element

The same as GUI object.

GUI object

Also known as GUI element. A part of GUI, for instance a form or a menu.

Reflection

Reflection is a mechanism to retrieve information about assemblies, modules, members, parameters, and other entities in code by examining their metadata.

Run-time GUI object

A GUI element that is created when the application is running.

Test coverage

Test coverage describes the degree to which the GUI elements of a program has been tested. It is usually measured in %.