Re: [Java-gnome-developer] java-gnome and 'acceptance tests'

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Sun, 2005-13-02 at 02:19 +0000, Sean Coughlan wrote:
> This AT successfully passes for this application:
> 
> TestTableIsEmpty downloadTable true
> 
> UserSelectsMenuItem mnuNewDownload
> UserInputsText txtUrl http://www.thecentric.com/
> UserInputsText txtSaveAs /home/sean/thecentric.index.html
> UserClicksButton btnOkButton
> 
> TestTableIsEmpty downloadTable false
> 
> TestTableRowItem downloadTable 0 "/home/sean/thecentric.index.html"
> "http://www.thecentric.com/" "5 K" "0.0%"

Although I'm not a Mac OS X user, yesterday at a Linux Australia board
meeting someone was describing "Newton Script" or "Apple Script" or
"Apple Talk" - a scripting framework where, if I understood correctly,
the entire desktop and any application is easily and totally available
for scripting. I gather it is [conceptually] along the lines of 

Such-in-such-application->File Menu->Save Item->(/tmp/filename.txt)

which is what you've developed, it seems.

[Since we were meeting at jdub's place, he mentioned that there is a
quiet movement in this direction; the accessibility toolkit gives all
the hooks that are needed, so this sort of thing should be possible in
GNOME...]

So, if nothing else, Sean, if you're looking for further inspiration,
you might check out what Mac OS X has in this area.

*I* for one am desperately in need of automated testing for presented UI
elements. I can and do Unit Test the infrastructure underneath, no
problem, but once Windows are fired up, it's difficult indeed to do
further automated tests.

Great work, Sean!

AfC
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