20 messages in org.gnome.desktop-devel-listRe: GNOME's testing strategy for GUIs
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Willie WalkerFeb 14, 2008 10:42 am 
Nickolay V. ShmyrevFeb 14, 2008 10:53 am 
Brad TaylorFeb 14, 2008 11:08 am 
John StowersFeb 14, 2008 1:18 pm 
Brad TaylorFeb 14, 2008 1:25 pm 
John StowersFeb 14, 2008 1:34 pm 
David BolterFeb 14, 2008 1:56 pm 
David BolterFeb 14, 2008 1:58 pm 
Nagappan AFeb 14, 2008 9:48 pm 
Vincent UntzFeb 15, 2008 6:09 am 
Emmanuel FleuryFeb 15, 2008 6:33 am 
Nagappan AFeb 15, 2008 7:03 am 
Willie WalkerFeb 15, 2008 8:40 am 
David BolterFeb 16, 2008 9:41 am 
Willie WalkerFeb 16, 2008 1:50 pm 
Luis VillaFeb 16, 2008 2:00 pm 
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Subject:Re: GNOME's testing strategy for GUIsActions...
From:David Bolter (dt@gnome.org)
Date:Feb 14, 2008 1:56:21 pm
List:org.gnome.desktop-devel-list

To add some worms... there are also the in app GUI testing frameworks, such as Windmill and Selenium (for browsers).

cheers, David

Willie Walker wrote:

Hi All:

I might be opening a big can of worms with this question, and I apologize if someone is already working in this space and I just don't know it.

What is the automated testing strategy for GUIs in GNOME? Is there a well defined way to create a 'make test' target and have it do the right thing?

I know of LDTP and Dogtail, and the build brigade folks were trying something at one time. Orca has its regression test harness as well. But, I know of no unifying test strategy for GNOME. Are people working in this space? If not, does the community have an interest in seeing something like this emerge?