[TFUI] RE: [XP] How much manual testing do you do?

Phlip wrote:

> But I don't mean write the test case that only
> displays the populated window. I mean a test case that
> Assembles, Activates, and Asserts a test, and then optionally
> displays the window. The test case remains online whether or not the
> window displays. 

I see. How do you configure wether the window is displayed? Do you
manually comment out a line, pass in a parameter or something?

> As you detect your own patterns of tweaking the window
> and (occassionally) manually testing it, you invest
> these discoveries into re-usable test functions. This
> leads directly towards test-first for GUIs. You can
> write entire tests blind, without displaying the
> window, by pulling in whatever re-usable test
> functions you have created for this intersection of GUI Toolkit and
> application. 

That's interesting - can you elaborate on what your reusable test
functions typically test?

Cheers, Ilja



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