Article:		Developing Swing Components Using Simulators
Subject:		Unit testing java UIs
Date:		2004-07-26 00:26:58
From:		twalljava
Your article lies squarely in the realm of unit testing, and yet you only mention JUnit in passing. A quick google search ("java gui testing") will reveal several options for testing UIs from JUnit. http://abbot.sf.net http://jemmy.netbeans.org http://jfcunit.sf.net While there are a (very) few test cases that are not easily automated (such as ensuring an "aesthetically pleasing layout"), these JUnit extensions will get you 99% of the way there, and certainly address all of the things you tested in your simulator, without having to manually inspect the results.