Hello, I am considering taking part in this years GSoC to create a framework for chromium to automatically reduce test cases. Currently, the issue tracker contains 71 issues labeled "NeedsReduction"[1], which suggests that such a framework could be of assistance to developers and testers. The basic idea is to create an external tool, plugin or extension, which implements some of the existing testing tips[2] and concepts from the delta debugging project[3] and allows to automatically creates reduced test cases using an iterative approach.
[1] http://crbug.com/?q=label:NeedsReduction [2] http://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/backend-testing/website-compatibility/reduced-test-cases [3] http://www.st.cs.uni-saarland.de/papers/tse2002/ I would like to know if such a framework would be of interest to the Chromium project or if it already exists internally at Google, since I see links, such as http://go/reductions/5680/testcase.html, in some of the issues that needs reduction. About me: In the past, I have been a developer on the ELinks text-mode browser. On my master, I have worked on creating a test framework for networked embedded systems and am interested in applying some of the ideas I have stumbled upon during this experience to other areas. -- Jonas Fonseca --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
