Re: [FreeWRL-develop] Testing was Codebase port to c++?

[doug s. <hig...@ho...>]

> > >  ... When I do testing there are 50 or so .wrl/.x3d test
> > >  files I run. 
> > > http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/tests/screenlinks.html 
> > > Plus depending on what I'm tinkering with, I'll set up special
> > >  .wrl/.x3d test files, and I've accumulated some samples people have
> > >  sent in.
> > > 
> > Can you describe your testing process a bit better ? Do you mean you
> >  manually open the files and play with them to assert the validity of
> >  the code ?
>  
> Manually open the file, manually click/drag the mouse, visually look at
>  the scene and compare with my memory of what the scene looked like
>  before fhe change.
> One developer Michel attempted more automated testing via commandline
>  string containing mouse input (haven't tried it, not sure if it still
>  works or how advanced it was, would have been at least a few years
>  ago).
> Recently we were wondering if it's possible/how to do more automated
>  testing with graphical programs. We have a way to 'dump' a scene (as
>  text, showing scenegraph) to a file. And we have a way to do a screen
>  snapshot (to an image file). One more idea: have some way to specify
>  the number of loops to advance (perhaps also time?) But nothing
>  working today as automated test suite.
Paulo,
There was also an idea of a record mode in freewrl:  specifically:
- number of frames
- input: keystroke, mouse action
- snapshot
- dumpscene
And perhaps put it in a special file format, for playback during testing.
To make the number of frames smaller -so the tests run faster- the record mode could purposely run slow - pausing on each frame.
-Doug