Re: [platform-ui-dev] o.e.ui.tests: what's automagic?

[Nick_Edgar@xxxxxxxxxx]

Thomas,

Generally our automated test suites just test APIs and whether things like 
showing views, running actions, opening wizards and dialogs etc. run 
correctly.
Of course, there is often some non-UI work going on behind the glass, 
which the tests cover as well, e.g. import/export.

There is no automation of user-level interaction (i.e. clicks and 
keypresses).

The dialog sizing tests you saw require manual intervention.  This test 
suite runs through the dialogs, for each one it asks the human tester if 
if looks correct, and it has a little results dialog that it updates as it 
goes.  If all checks pass, the test suite passes, otherwise it fails.  It 
also ask about aspects or than sizing (e.g. mnemonics for accessibility).

Sorry I can't provide more detail than this at the moment, but we're 
currently trying to get Milestone 5 of Eclipse 2.1 out the door (the 
feature complete code build is tomorrow morning).
I'd be interested in hearing about any potential improvements you can 
offer in this area.

Regards,
Nick Edgar
Eclipse Platform UI Team Lead






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Is there a current list of what UI testing is done automatically and
what is manual? Why I ask:

I'm interested in seeing SWT/JFace have the same level of GUI test
automation that AWT/Swing currently has (using JUnit-integrated,
click-coordinate-independent packages such as Abbot and JFCUnit).
To avoid reinvention of wheels (and as much work as possible),
I'd like to know what can already be automated. In looking at
o.e.ui.tests, it appears that some testing is automated (e.g. that
labels and buttons in a dialog are sufficiently large to display all
the text upon them), but most is still manual.

I'm wondering: is there a list of what testing is manual and what is
automatic? (I didn't notice anything in .../doc.) Or is there no
alternative to RTF source? (F.equals("fine") :-)

I'd also appreciate knowing about any plans you might have regarding
GUI test automation.

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