From: Keith Ray Date: 2001-12-21T13:11:08+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29198] Re: test-first In article , "John Roth" wrote: > "Vladimir" wrote in message > news:4837660.0112170549.227501a6@posting.google.com... > > "John Roth" wrote in message > news:... > > > > > 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. I've never taken the time to learn to use Virtual User, but Apple has been using it for a decade...