[Chandler-dev] Script-recording/playback as test framework

John Anderson john at osafoundation.org
Tue Dec 26 18:01:00 PST 2006


>> So there shouldn't be any api learning for people writing tests,  
>> because writing tests shouldn't require any code writing. The  
>> script recorder will output a test a file with a "run" method that  
>> contains everything needed to run the test.
>
> How are you supposed to verify the data without writing code? And  
> you said '"run" method' -- what class is that method defined on? If  
> you're spitting out a script anyway, it's just as easy to stick in  
> the class definition and "def runTest(self)".

We can compare the state of the UI and data to their values when the  
script is recorded.

Currently run is a function, not a method on a class, however it  
doesn't matter too much how we invoke the scripts.

John


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