Re: zc.testbrowser alpha 1 released

hey benji,

do you see a chance to use zc.testbrowser on remote (headless)  
machines in combination with buildbot?

jodok

On 28.09.2007, at 16:06, Benji York wrote:

> zc.testbrowser 1.0a1
> --------------------
>
> I am very pleased to announce the first alpha release of
> zc.testbrowser: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.testbrowser
>
> zc.testbrowser is a refactoring of zope.testbrowser to remove the
> Zope-specific bits plus the addition of the zc.testbrowser.real
> module.
>
>
> Testbrowser Real
> ----------------
>
> zc.testbrowser.real lets you use the testbrowser API to drive
> a real web browser; at the moment Firefox (but we may add support for
> others in the future).  This lets you do testing of JavaScript heavy
> web applications with testbrowser (and doctests, of course).  I
> envision people often beginning tests using the "regular" testbrowser,
> realizing the test/documentation they want to write needs JS, and then
> switching their test to use "real" and not having to change the
> already written parts of the doctest.
>
>
> Screen Shots
> ------------
>
> One other feature of zc.testbrowser.real is the ability to save the
> current web page to a PNG file.  This should be very useful for
> creating user manuals with embedded screen shots.
>
> Thanks
> ------
>
> Many, many thanks to my partners in crime at the Foliage Sprint:
> Stephan Richter, Rocky Burt, and Justas Sadzevičius.
>
>
> Bikeshedding Request
> --------------------
> Even though I coined it, I don't really like the name "real".  I'd
> like suggestions that are short, pithy, and descriptive if anyone has
> any.  Along the same lines, any suggestions for a new name for
> zc.testbrowser.browser (the classic testbrowser) would be appreciated
> as well.
>
> -- 
> Benji York
> Senior Software Engineer
> Zope Corporation
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