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Mozilla

===Firefox===| 

Automated Tests

For an overview on Automated testing with Mozilla can be found on the Mozilla Developer Center.

A requirement for all test is to make sure that Firefox is compiled with tests enabled.
Modify the .mozconfig file to include ac_add_options --enable-tests
Build Firefox from source.

Mochitests

Step 1

Step 2

Build Firefox

Step 3

A)
Run the Mochitests

cd $(OBJDIR)/_tests/testing/mochitest
python runtests.py

or

make -C $(OBJDIR) mochitest

B)
Specific Mochitests can be run by the following:

cd $(OBJDIR)/_tests/testing/mochitest
python runtests.py --test-path=content/base/test/test_CrossSiteXHR.html

There are more options that are available for running Mochitests.

XPCShell
Reftests

Thunderbird

Open Office

Eclipse

Linux

Fedora