From: John Roth <johnroth@...>
Date: 2001-12-21T00:50:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29130] Re: test-first


"Vladimir" <truediogen@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:4837660.0112170549.227501a6@posting.google.com...
> "John Roth" <johnroth@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:<u1npglbd5u9se3@news.supernews.com>...
>
> > The thing is, if you can write a program that launches another
program,
> > takes over the mouse and keyboard (and game device, etc.), and
> > can take a screen shot periodically, then it can analyze the
contents of
> > the screen shot(s) and determine whether what it expected actually
> > happened. This would be a lot easier for a standard dialog box
> > application than a game, but the principle is the same.
>
> Having some test automation experience I wouldn't recommend anybody
> doing that. Far better to rewrite whole application to get it
> auto-testable or even better just sit down and test it manually.

The point I was trying to make (which seems to be universal experiance,)
is that current GUI testing tools lack a lot. It should be possible to
make
a better one (Preferably free.) Unfortunately, that's going to take a
bit of
thinking. Also a reasonable amount of pattern recognition graphics
processing.

John Roth
>
> ----
> Best Wishes,
> Vladimir