Also, the tool does not work on the device (I tried iOS), unlike mobile-spec since it's trying to connect to localhost for reporting.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Dmitry Blotsky <dblot...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > Over the past few weeks, I've developed an automated mobilespec-like tool in > the process of resuscitating Cordova's CI. It's tentatively called > cordova-medivac, and it can currently be found here: > http://github.com/dblotsky/cordova-medivac. I'd like to pitch it to the > community as a potential alternative or replacement for mobilespec. There > have been several tools in the past few weeks on the list, and I've tried to > incorporate the features they have into this tool. > > It contains the following new features: > > - Testing any list of plugins at a time - not just the core ones; > they're passed as a CLI argument > > - Support for "new-style" plugin-test-framework-only tests, as well > just pure Jasmine spec files that don't use test-framework > > - No manual interaction required - it is very basic and just runs > the Jasmine tests as soon as it starts > > - Very little code - it basically just creates a simple dummy app > with plugins (like mobilespec) > > - Cleaner code - some refactoring was done to remove a few code > smells > > - No flaky UI > > - Optionally reporting test results to a URI (currently assumed to > be a CouchDB server) > > Current shortcomings: > > - The special plugins inside cordova-mobile-spec that contain tests > have not yet been copied over > > - The code is similar, so some functionality is not exactly the > same, so it's not 100% compatible with mobilespec > > - Some error-checking is still missing (like verifying that > CLI/JS/lib are locally linked instead of global) > > - Cordova-JS Grunt build task is not being automatically run on > creation > > - Barebones hard-coded list of "core" plugins; doesn't include > convenience lists like the new ones in mobilespec > > - Doesn't support current manual tests > > I'd like to ask you if you would support any of the following proposed ideas: > > - Reach 100% parity and replace cordova-mobile-spec with this tool > or, > > - If not replace, then port some of the code cleanup and new > features from this tool back to mobilespec or, > > - Use this tool for the CI (cordova-medic) only, and keep using > mobilespec for other tasks > > Kindly, > Dmitry > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org
