[Testing] FYI Virtusa: Sugarbot - Automated Testing Tool for Sugar

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 14:08, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:51:12AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 23:53, Tim McNamara <mcnamara.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello all at Virtusa,
>> >
>> > I am unsure whether you have been made aware of an automated tool
>> > that can be used effectively to automate regression testing for
>> > Sugar, Sugarbot[1].  With this tool, test analysts can automate
>> > actions within Activities by using Python scripts. A short video
>> > with lots of information is available.[2]
>>
>> Hi, I would recommend that we reuse GNOME testing tools instead:
>>
>> http://live.gnome.org/DesktopTesting
>>
>> Sugarbot basically aims to reimplement what AT-SPI already is.
>
> Do either Sugarbot or GNOME testing tools actually work on Sugar?  Has
> anyone done it recently to confirm it works?  Is there a Sugar version
> dependency?  Where can we find documentation on how to create and run
> tests?

The instructions for using Mago to test a GNOME application should
apply for testing Sugar.

The outstanding work in Sugar is the same that is required to make it
accessible, this guide should give an overview:

http://library.gnome.org/devel/accessibility-devel-guide/nightly/gad-overview.html.en

Regards,

Tomeu

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