Linux Desktop Testing Project - Hosting request

[Nagappan]

Hi Henrik,
    Xnee is a good automation tool, but it is limited to keystrokes and 
using access keys. This will not recognize the objects like push-button, 
or menu-item etc. In the windows world this can be compared to Auto-it

But the real advancement in Test Automation can happen only if the tools 
are able to recognize the objects (like Winrunner, Rational Robot and 
Silk Test etc.)

Also, only the test tool "alone" can not do much for complex integrated 
test. We need a test automation framework to support that. Otherwise it 
may eventually become un-maintainable.

LDTP is aimed at doing this. This is based on "objects" and 
"context-sensitive". It leverages the Keyword Driven Automation 
Framework (http://safsdev.sf.net)

Please visit the site (http://gnomebangalore.org/ldtp), use the tool (in 
pre-alpha stage) and give your valuable comments.

Thanks
Nagappan

Henrik Sandklef wrote:

>I use the following program for automation test:
>
>	http://www.gnu.org/software/xnee/
>
>
>/h
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>On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 13:48, David Collier-Brown wrote:
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>>Nagappan wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>   LDTP (Linux Desktop Testing Project) hosted in
>>>http://gnomebangalore.org/ldtp
>>>
>>>About LDTP:
>>>
>>>*Problem:*
>>>In windows domain there are many GUI automation tools, which can
>>>recognize the GUI as "objects" and not just with co-ordinates.
>>>Unfortunately, Open Source Linux GUI automation tools are not matured up
>>>to that level - at least to my knowledge ;) . Without this advancement
>>>in the test automation space, it would become difficult to make good
>>>progress.
>>>      
>>>
>>	Interestingly, the previous posting was about the 
>>	JDesktop Integration Components (JDIC) project.
>>
>>	Java contains just such a testing tool, which might
>>	be leveraged to contribute to the LDTP work.
>>
>>--dave
>>    
>>
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