In an aspect, the present application relates to a computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for (automatically) generating reusable test components to test software applications. The computer-implemented method for generating reusable test components to test software applications may comprise: accessing an object model relating to at least part of a software application; and generating at least one test component applicable to test the software application, comprising: analyzing the object model, generating a meta-description from the object model and store the meta information in at least one descriptor according to a meta model, and generating the test component and a corresponding component implementation based on the descriptor.