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XFix: an automated tool for the repair of layout cross browser issues

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Sonal Mahajan,

Abdulmajeed Alameer,

Phil McMinn,

William G. J. HalfondAuthors Info & Claims

ISSTA 2017: Proceedings of the 26th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

Pages 368 - 371

https://doi.org/10.1145/3092703.3098223

Published: 10 July 2017 Publication History

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Differences in the rendering of a website across different browsers can cause inconsistencies in its appearance and usability, resulting in Layout Cross Browser Issues (XBIs). Such XBIs can negatively impact the functionality of a website as well as users’ impressions of its trustworthiness and reliability. Existing techniques can only detect XBIs, and therefore require developers to manually perform the labor intensive task of repair. In this demo paper we introduce our tool, XFix, that automatically repairs layout XBIs in web applications. To the best of our knowledge, XFix is the first automated technique for generating XBI repairs.

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XFix: an automated tool for the repair of layout cross browser issues
1. Software and its engineering
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    1. Search-based software engineering
    2. Software verification and validation
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        Software testing and debugging

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July 2017

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ISBN:9781450350761

DOI:10.1145/3092703

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University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
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University of California at Berkeley, USA

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