Hi Markus,
That would be great if we could work together on the Selenium testing.
I requested commit access to core today.
If it takes a while to get core access, I may ask Ryan Kaldari to commit my
code (I sit next to him in the San Francisco office). I wrote Selenium Unit
Tests for CentralNotice, an extension, Kaldari is quite familiar with.
It would be great if you could do code review once it is committed.
Here is some info about the test code:
The unit tests do use the existing PHPunit testing code, but not the
existing Selenium code in core.
I have added the class:
ExtensionsSeleniumTestCase extends PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase
I am using:
$wgEnableSelenium = true;
In LocalSettings.php so the code will be picked up when you run
$IP/tests/phpunit/phpunit.php.
In other projects outside of Wikimedia, I have set up unit tests to run on
localhost, development and production environments. I did this by setting an
environment variable with one of the following values:
APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT = "localhost"
APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT = "development"
APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT = "production"
This variable was set in Apache httpd and on the command line.
The Selenium Unit Testing code takes screen shots and plays them in a
slideshow, so it is sometimes handy to test on live systems. Consequently,
you have to flag unit testing code as available for production, development
or localhost. By default all code is considered unsafe for production, so
you must flag a method as available for production testing.
I also created custom configuration files that live in the tests folder of
the extension. There is a default file that will be used if a custom file is
not set:
PSEUDO CODE
if ( file_exists( "selenium.ini" ) ) {
loadConfiguration( "selenium.ini" );
}
else {
loadConfiguration( "selenium.ini.dist" );
}
This file controls which browser gets run and allows for a developer of the
extension to set other info dependent on their tests.
There is a dropbox folder within the extension tests folder that allows
developers to record Selenese with the Firefox add-on Selenium IDE. You can
place the recorded macros in the folder and they will be picked up by the
unit tests if it is desired.
I think working on unit testing code is a lot of fun, so I look forward to
getting this in to core.
- Jeremy
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Markus Glaser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I am quite interested in your work, since I wrote part of the core Selenium
> support [1], which is now on hold. So, how does your code relate to the
> SeleniumFramework? What are the main differences? I still think there is a
> big chance in Selenium tests for extension programmers: given the right
> tools, they are very easy to set up. So why don't we just join forces? For a
> start, if you like me to, I could peer review your code.
>
> Cheers, Markus
> (mglaser)
>
> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SeleniumFramework
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Jeremy
> Postlethwaite
> Gesendet: Montag, 19. September 2011 17:39
> An: Benedikt Kämpgen
> Cc: Wikimedia developers
> Betreff: Re: [Wikitech-l] Brown bag - Selenium Testing
>
> Hi Benedikt.
>
> I do not know anything about the new QA Lead position status. I only know
> the job has been posted.
>
> The Selenium work I did was for extensions only, since the core code is on
> hold.
>
> The work I have done has not been committed to core yet. I will post to the
> mailing list when it does go live.
>
> It would be great to get some feedback on my code.
>
> I will also post a wiki page with details on how to implement the Selenium
> test code for other extensions once it gets implemented in core.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Benedikt Kämpgen <
> [email protected]
> > wrote:
>
> > Hello Jeremy,
> >
> > Great that you organised a brown bag lunch on Selenium Testing.
> >
> > We use Selenium Testing for an extension and I would like to keep up
> > with the status of Selenium Testing for MediaWiki.
> >
> > I am wondering whether there are information about discussions during
> > this lunch available, somewhere.
> >
> > Since Wikimania, is there any more information about the fact that
> > "Selenium Unit Testing in the core has been put on hold until we get
> > our new QA Lead"?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Benedikt
> >
> >
> > --
> > AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
> > Phone: +49 721 608-47946
> > Email: [email protected]
> > Web: http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Hauptseite/en
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:wikitech-l-
> > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Postlethwaite
> > > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 12:49 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [Wikitech-l] Brown bag - Selenium Testing
> > >
> > > Hi everyone!
> > >
> > > I would like to hold a brown bag lunch on Selenium Unit Testing for
> > > Mediawiki extensions.
> > >
> > > I have been using phpunit and Selenium for a few years.
> > >
> > > Selenium Unit Testing in the core has been put on hold until we get
> > > our
> > new
> > > QA Lead.
> > >
> > > I have attached an event to this email for Wednesday, September 7th
> > > from 12:30pm - 1:00pm
> > >
> > > There will be a small presentation on how we may use Selenium on the
> > > Fundraising extensions.
> > >
> > > Discussion/questions will follow.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeremy Postlethwaite
> > > [email protected]
> > > 515-839-6885 x6790
> > > Backend Software Developer
> > > Brown bag - Selenium Unit Testing
> > > Selenium Unit Testing on Mediawiki
> > > *When*
> > > Wed, September 7, 12:30pm - 1:00pm GMT-07:00
> > > *Where*
> > > SF Office Sixth floor
> > > *Who*
> > > .
> > > Jeremy Postlethwaite
> > > .
> > > [email protected]
> > > Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> > > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
>
>
> --
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> 515-839-6885 x6790
> Backend Software Developer
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