On Saturday 20 July 2002 09:51 am, Jerome Chan wrote:
>  Does anyone have any hints of how to test GUIs under squeak? I'm
>  thinking of exposing all the elements (buttons lists windows) as a
>  sub-class and then using smalltalk to simulate the button presses
>  and keystrokes.

I've been working on an extension for the TestRunner that uses a=20
modified EventRecorder and a locally constructed PasteUpMorph that=20
acts as a reference frame/container for the components under test.

During development of the tests, you can interact with the components=20
in the PasteUpMorph and the interaction will be recorded. There is a=20
pause/continue button (and keystroke?) that lets you control what=20
gets recorded.

Whenever you want, the recorded events are spit out in a printable=20
form, included in a newly written test method. You then add asserts,=20
etc. as needed. Every pause generates a space for your own code in=20
the method.

By using a local PasteUpMorph and the TestCase's setUp and tearDown=20
behavior, I know that my UI components will always be at the same=20
location (which is a limitation of using the EventRecorder, which=20
records absolute mouse coordinates).

I haven't had too much time recently to work on this; if someone wants=20
to see where I am with it, I'd be glad to share it/hand it off.

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Ned Konz
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