Patent ID: 8842123

Claim:
A method in a computing device for automatically testing a graphics program executable on a graphics card, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the graphics card, the method comprising: receiving the graphics program at the computing device, wherein the received graphics program includes instructions stored on a computer-readable medium; automatically generating a test graphics program based on the received graphics program, including generating a set of one or more additional instructions, wherein the test graphics program is configured to: execute the instructions of the received graphics program to generate an execution result, compare the execution result to a test value to generate a test result; output the test result via the graphics card, wherein the test result is indicative of whether the set of instructions of the received graphics program executed correctly; the method further comprising: automatically causing the test graphics program to execute on the graphics card; automatically processing the test result to provide, via the computing device, a test run indication corresponding to the test result.