Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
Hi,
If I want to start implementing the LCL-fpGUI widgetset, is there a test
process or automated or manual list of tests I could follow to see where
there are still issues? Maybe a set of test projects testing all
properties of each component somewhere?
If not, how do you guys know what works and what doesn't between all the
various LCL-xxx widgetsets? Plus how consistent applications behave
between widgetsets (thinking in line of order of events being fired etc.)?
Regards,
- Graeme -
One of the testing facility may be ability of script processing .
Assume a program has been developed , and it is necessary to test it
exhaustively .
By clicking every possible point in the input interface is nearly very
difficult and time consuming . Instead of doing that , incorporating a
script application facility may help very much .
Sometimes key-press macro applicability may be sufficient , but
personally I do not like key-press macros because they are cryptic ( to
understand what they are doing , to modify them is difficult ) .
Scripts may be prepared in such a way that they exercises every part of
the program in any combination sequence .
Main logic will be as follows : Script processing part will scan a
script file and apply statements written in them by using processing
parts of the program . If script can be completed successfully it may be
said that the program is working correctly on this script . When the
scripts are a representative sample of user applications and they are
completed successfully , the same will be possible for the users also .
To my knowledge there is no such a scripting facility in Lazarus
Components incorporated into Lazarus IDE . As an example fpmake may be
used as a part .
(1)
A script starts by generating a new project , designs some forms , saves
them , compiles them .
(2)
The compiled program starts a script and tries to complete it .
It may be said that a debugger is doing the similar tasks . In all of my
life I used a debugger only first and then last time at least 25 years
ago ( means I can not say anything about that ) .
Thank you very much .
Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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