Search-Based White-Box Fuzzing of Web Frontend Applications

Frontend is the initial point of contact for users with a web application. Therefore, it is crucial to provide the best possible user experience. Testing the frontend for faults and robustness is important to ensure a smooth and engaging interaction with users. We aim to design a novel white-box automated testing approach, using evolutionary algorithms, to generate and optimize test cases for web frontend applications. We have a three-year plan during which we aim to conduct a systematic literature review, develop a frontend testing tool, and publish papers on our work. Our initial research indicates that a few frontend testing tools are already available in the literature. However, most of these tools are based on a black-box approach, and as such, cannot test an application thoroughly, reducing the possibility of detecting faults. To the best of our knowledge, no current technique or tool is based on a white-box approach.