Hi everyone,
A few of us met today in Connect after standup to talk through Jacob's
excellent work creating tests for the Fluid Skinning System. It was
clear from the conversation that CSS testing in general is an under-
serviced area, but is not without significant challenges.
Jacob's current crop of FSS test pages can be found on the daily build
server here:
http://build.fluidproject.org/manual-tests.html
One of the things that emerged from the conversation is the need for
test plans that will guide the tester through the process of
evaluating these test pages. Since our goal isn't pixel-perfect CSS
across all browsers, there's an element of fuzziness and experience
inherent in the testing process. The test plans will need to highlight
the fairly subtle distinctions on the page that will denote a failing
test.
Justin and Jacob are going to move forward on creating test plans for
several of the test pages, and we'll pilot these new tests during the
Infusion 0.8 release cycle. Inevitably we'll find that some things
work better than others, and will refine the process based on this
experience.
Here's a copy of Justin's first FSS QA test plan:
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/FSS+QA+Test+Plan+-+Layout+Containers
If you have any feedback or can lend us a hand in perfecting this
testing approach, don't hesitate to dive in.
Colin
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Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org
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