[fdo] Re: LDTP 0.3.0 released !!!

[Nagappan]

Hi,
    Left out the following info when sending release notes.

About LDTP:

Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high quality test
automation framework. It uses the "Accessibility" libraries to poke
through the application's user interface. Thanks to Sun and
Accessibility team.

Thanks
Nagappan

A Nagappan wrote:
> Hi,
>    LDTP community has reached another important milestone with the release of LDTP 0.3.0. This release features the new architecture which is a result of more than 3 months of hard work by the LDTP community. This newsletter also includes latest news on our approach towards achieving an automated test engine. Useful references have been included at the end of this article for those who wish to hack/use LDTP.
>
> LDTP is now at version 0.3.0 !
>
> Whats new in this release...
>
> + New Client Server Architecture:
>        This release includes major changes in the architecture with
> LDTP using client/server architecture to handle more scenarios which were not possible with the previous versions. Thankfully, not much changes are required for the old scripts for them to be used. Kudos to the LDTP community for making this release a grand success.
>
> + Run time appmap generation (initialization of appmap is optional)
>        Appmaps can be optional with the new LDTP as it can be generated autimatically at run time.This along with the Regular Expression (discussed below) feature will greatly minimise the script changes required after the GUI of the application to be tested changes.
>
> + Regular expression based object search (both context and component)
>        This cool new feature enables the script writer to give regular
> expressions instead of complete names for the components under testing. This relieves the script writer from setting the context for different window titles.
>
> + For unexpected windows (example: connection reset by peer /connection timed out dialogs) can be handled by registering a callback function and the respective callback function will be called, whenever the registered window with the title appears and even this window could be based on regular expression
>
> + Programming language is no barrier for automation! Now the scripts can be written in any language even though the default one is Python.
>
> + Cleaner code base
>        LDTP code base has been restructured and all the files follow
> proper coding guidelines. This helps newbies to get started with hacking LDTP more easily than ever before.
>
> This release is a promising one from the LDTP community with a bag full of features and lot more! so what are you waiting for. Grab your copy from the following link and start easing your work by automating using LDTP.
>
> Downloads...
>
> You can download the latest version of LDTP from
> http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Downloads
>
> LDTP is available as rpm package. LDTP is also available as deb package for Debian and Ubuntu distributions. Thanks to Casanova
> (prashmohan at gmail.com) for the providing the same.
>
> For a step by step instruction on setting up LDTP please refer
> http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/How_20to_20setup_20pyldtp_20in_20GNU_2fLinux_20environment
>
> References
> For detailed information on LDTP framework and latest updates visit http://ldtp.freedesktop.org
>
> All the published newsletters including the current one can be
> downloaded from http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Newsletters
>
> For release notes of every release including the current one please
> refer http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Release_20Notes
>
> For information on various APIs in LDTP including those added for this release can be got from http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/API_20Reference
>
> To subscribe to LDTP mailing lists, visit
> http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Mailing_20list
>
> IRC Channel - #ldtp on irc.freenode.net
>
> Thanks
> Nagappan
>
> Nagappan A <anagappan at novell.com>
> Linux Desktop Testing Project - http://gnomebangalore.org/ldtp
> http://nagappanal.blogspot.com
>   

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Nagappan A <anagappan at novell.com>
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Linux Desktop Testing Project - http://ldtp.freedesktop.org
http://nagappanal.blogspot.com/