On Saturday 20 July 2002 09:51 am, Jerome Chan wrote:
> Does anyone have any hints of how to test GUIs under squeak? I'm
> thinking of exposing all the elements (buttons lists windows) as a
> sub-class and then using smalltalk to simulate the button presses
> and keystrokes.

I've been working on an extension for the TestRunner that uses a 
modified EventRecorder and a locally constructed PasteUpMorph that 
acts as a reference frame/container for the components under test.

During development of the tests, you can interact with the components 
in the PasteUpMorph and the interaction will be recorded. There is a 
pause/continue button (and keystroke?) that lets you control what 
gets recorded.

Whenever you want, the recorded events are spit out in a printable 
form, included in a newly written test method. You then add asserts, 
etc. as needed. Every pause generates a space for your own code in 
the method.

By using a local PasteUpMorph and the TestCase's setUp and tearDown 
behavior, I know that my UI components will always be at the same 
location (which is a limitation of using the EventRecorder, which 
records absolute mouse coordinates).

I haven't had too much time recently to work on this; if someone wants 
to see where I am with it, I'd be glad to share it/hand it off.

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