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Hi Norman, On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 23:37 +0200, Norman Hendrich wrote: > I guess most Java developers will try some of the example programs from > 'Java in 21 days' or 'Java in a Nutshell' or 'Core Java' > [...] > BTW, perhaps we could convince D.Flanagan (and others) to contribute > the examples from best-selling Java books like Java-in-a-Nutshell > as testcases for Mauve&Co (as far as possible)? > > Tom> We're now at a point where these large applications are fully supported > Tom> by GCJ. Over the next year, I want to see our focus shift to filling > Tom> one of the big remaining holes in the free software desktop: a free Java > Tom> plugin. This will mean completing our AWT/Swing implementation. > > Good to hear that! I will wait and experiment some more, even if I would > like it to be just six weeks :-) One of the reasons some of the non-gui stuff is in a much better shape is because we have lots of small easy tests that we can run in Mauve. For GNU Classpath releases we make sure that a new release doesn't fail any of the tests that passed in the previous release. We don't have much gui tests in mauve. A good idea would be to pick one of these books. Preferably the one you would recommend at this time to others. And go through it making up little repeatable tests. Thomas made java.awt.Robot working and there are some examples on how to use this for automatic testing of the gui components in Mauve. If you feel the general Mauve structure is not ideal we can also accept a new setup specifically designed for gui tests. But it should be more automatic then the current wonka-visual-tester. The best thing is a scheme where the tests can be ran with a simple PASS/FAIL status that doesn't need human interaction or interpretation of the results. If we have that for the gui classes then I can assure you that the progress will increase, or at least not decrease because it would be easy to (automatic) spot regressions. Please think about becomming our "gui-testing-adversary". I am sure there are people who would like to beat you at this testing game by helping us to fix even the most cunning test you can throw at us :) Thanks, Mark
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