[wxPython-users] Automated testing of wxPython

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Alain,

On May 24, 2007, at 5:46 AM, Desilets, Alain wrote:

> I and some collegues at NRC (Mark Vidger, ) are working on a  
> autoamted testing framework for wxPython applications. The  
> framework is called wxManipulators. It allows you to  
> programmatically manipulate wxWindows widgets "from the inside".
>
> For example, if you want to write a Python script that clicks on a  
> button which is instantiated as a variable called someButton, you  
> would write something that looks like this:
>
>   wxManipulators.ButtonManipulator(someButton).click()
>
> When this statement is executed, it's EXACTLY as if the end user  
> had clicked on the graphical button.
>
> We are starting to use the framework for our own projects and it's  
> a bit early to tell how useful it is. But if others on this list  
> are interested, we could maybe release it already (I'd have to  
> discuss this with my collegues). For sure, you could use the  
> framework to test wxWindows itself. You would basically write some  
> dummy wxWindows app, manipulate its widgets using wxManipulators,  
> and then make sure that the dummy app behaved as expected.

Are you familiar with the work being done by Reinhold Fureder? It  
sounds like quite a similar project. You can see the project here:

http://www.wefi.net/swWxGuiTesting/

In any case, I'd love to see such a project that works for Win, Linux  
and Mac and is accessible from wxPython. :-)

Thanks,

Kevin

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: news [mailto:news at sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Don Dwiggins
>> Sent: May 23, 2007 12:08 PM
>> To: wxpython-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
>> Subject: [wxPython-users] Automated testing of wxPython
>>
>> Kevin Ollivier wrote:
>>> We currently don't have automated testing in place, and so
>>> unfortunately it's not uncommon to get regressions in the codebase,
>>> but until we have an automated solution in place we are very, very
>>> dependent on users reporting bugs that they found to
>> improve wxPython.
>>> Robin, myself, and a few other people really can't test
>> hard enough to
>>> find all the problems in wxPython ourselves.
>>
>> This seems to suggest that you're working on an automated way
>> to test wxPython components; is this right?  If so, could it
>> also be used for automated testing of wxPython applications?
>> I generally write my apps in a semi-MVC style that allows
>> automated unit testing of the model, but it'd be neat to be
>> able to do the same for the GUI component.
>>
>> -- 
>> Don Dwiggins
>> Advanced Publishing Technology
>>
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