On 05.08.2010, 20:37 Markus wrote:

> 1) Where are the tests located? I suggest for core to put them into
> maintenance/tests/selenium. That is where they are now. For
> extensions I propse a similar structure, that is 
> <extensiondir>/tests/selenium.

> 2) How are the tests organized? Tests are organized in testing
> suites. Each suite represents a conhesive set of tests. So it is
> possible to have more than one test suite per extension / core area.
> Test suites are technically classes. The files should follow this
> naming convention: <NameOfExtension><[Subset]>TestSuite.php. The
> subset is optional. For example, in the PagedTiffHandler extension,
> it would be PagedTiffHandlerTestSuite.php and
> PagedTiffHandlerUploadsTestSuite.php. This should also be the name
> of the class. Alternatively, we could use the word "Selenium"
> somewhere in there in order to be able to divide between unit and
> selenium tests. In that case I suggest to use
> PagedTiffHandlerSeleniumTestSuite.php and
> PagedTiffHandlerUploadsSeleniumTestSuite.php. Hmmm... this gives
> pretty long names. Any suggestions?

> 3) How does the framework know there are tests? The tests should be
> registered with the autoloader in the extension entry file. In core,
> they should be registered directly with the autoloader.

I've already implemented a system allowing extensions to
register their PHPUnit tests with UnitTestsList hook, and it's much
more simple: a couple of lines on extension's side and one
wfRunHooks() call in the test runner.


-- 
Best regards,
  Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])


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