Adam I am sorry on a Mac its "ctrl alt x". http://ufxtract.com/testsuite/hcard/1.0/hcard1.htm
Glenn On 07/05/2008 14:13, "Adam Craven - Four Shapes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Glenn, > > It doesn't seem to work (Firefox 2/mac), > > Adam > > On 7 May 2008, at 11:39, Glenn Jones wrote: > >> As the dev list does not seem to be working at the moment, reposted >> here. >> >> Just added Operator to testrunner, but you have to use Firefox. >>> If you go to http://ufxtract.com/testsuite/hcard/1.0/hcard1.htm and >> press Alt X you can see a working demonstration of the testrunner. >> >> Glenn >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Glenn Jones >> Sent: 03 May 2008 12:11 >> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> Subject: New microformats test-suite idea >> >> Hi all >> >> I have been working on a concept for a new microformats test-suite. I >> need a comprehensive test-suite before I can move the development of >> UfXtract forward. Rather than just build something in isolation I >> thought it would be nice to find a way to share this work with the >> community. >> >> I have written two POSH patterns "testsuite" and "testfixture". They >> follow the principles of microformats design: >> * They are self-describing and created with HTML ,with no hidden >> metadata >> * Building a test should be easy even for those who are HTML >> authors >> * They are not linked to any one programming language and should >> be easy to share >> * They allow for the creation of an in-browser Testrunner >> >> For example go to http://ufxtract.com/testsuite/hcard/1.0/ >> >> The earliest tests for hcard used vcards to describe the expected >> output. As the community has moved forward it has designed >> microformats >> which are independent of external specification. So this test-suite is >> designed around the concept of a standardised data structure. In this >> case, expressed in JSON, but they could be converted into XPaths to >> test >> XML or other languages. >> >> I have started to build a small console app, which will spider the >> HTML >> and create NUnit/C# class files for my build tests. Although this is >> specific to my own parsers development, it should be easy to do the >> same >> for other programming languages and projects. >> >> Parsing "testsuite" and "testfixture". >> I have already setup UfXtract to parse these patterns into JSON/XML. >> It >> would not take much for other microformats parser developers to >> construct profiles for these POSH patterns. >> Here is an example of the output. >> http://lab.backnetwork.com/ufXtract/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fufxtract.com%2Ftes >> tsuite%2Fhcard%2F1.0%2Fhcard1.htm&format=test-fixture&output=json >> >> >> The Testrunner >> >> If you go to http://ufxtract.com/testsuite/hcard/1.0/hcard1.htm and >> press Alt X you can see a working demonstration of the testrunner. >> >> I have observed that most parser developers are using comparative >> testing as their main tool to quickly understand how the complex rules >> and optimizations are applied. So I have built a JavaScript Testrunner >> which allows for simple comparative testing between parsers. >> >> It uses a number of techniques to standardise both access to the >> parsers >> API's and the JSON output. ***Please note that at this stage the JSON >> standardisation process can cause a test to be marked as failed when >> it >> could be judged to have passed***. Most of the current differences in >> parser output are down to whether a value is stored as single property >> or an array of properties. >> >> At the moment the Testrunner is only working with the testfixure , it >> would not take much to extend the Testrunner to run a whole test- >> suite. >> >> I would love to add Operator and other parsers to the Testrunner. >> >> Proof of concept >> This is very early proof of concept stuff. What I would like to ask >> is a >> number of questions before moving it forward. >> >> * Are people interested in the idea of shared test-suites? >> * What do you think to the approach? >> * Can you see any big issues with the concepts? >> * If you already have tests/test-suites, would you be willing to >> add them to the project? >> * Would you be interested in contributing to a project like this? >> >> Hope you like the idea. >> >> PS: the JavaScript needs serious re-factoring; I will simplify it >> soon. >> >> >> Glenn Jones >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> microformats-discuss mailing list >> microformats-discuss@microformats.org >> http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > microformats-discuss@microformats.org > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
