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== Project Contributor(s) ==
* [[User:Vpmirand|Vanessa Miranda]] (vanessa)** Helped to layout the test window.
* [[User:David.humphrey|Dave Humphrey]] (dave or humph)
** Connectted me to Mozilla test team and gave me great links.
* Rob Campbell
** Helped me to detail the requirements of unit testing framework
== Project Details ==
* Spent a whole day on trying to debug bookmark services in firefox API... no documentation... man ===, so frustrating.* ...* Gave up debugging bookmark services API, continued working on framework.
=== November 20, 2006 ===
* The source Coding core code can be download here [http://paulgu.com/download/mozilla/unittesting@paulgu.com.xpi Unit Testing of the framework].
=== December 06, 2006 ===
* Code documentation for all Finished core code of the framework.* Documenting code.* Instruction Writing instruction on how to write test cases by using this framework
=== December 07, 2006 ===
* Finished documentation of the framework
=== December 10, 2006 ===
* Updated the core code of the framework, cleaned debugging code.
* Optimized some functions.
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== Unit Testing Framework for Firefox ==
This framework will allow the participant to write unit test cases easily without knowing the UI, messages, and logs. They can focus on write test cases and the framework will take care the rest of the work.
Click on '''[http://paulgu.com/download/mozilla/unittesting@paulgu.com.xpi Unit Testing framework extension]''' to download this unit testing framework extension.
Click on '''[http://paulgu.com/download/mozilla/unittesting@paulgu.com.zip Unit Testing framework zip file]''' to download this unit testing framework zip file.
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=== Framework Structure ===
The files starting with is the core framework files.
* unittesting.js, holds the unit test cases that need to be tested.
* unittestingDisplay.js, is responsible for displaying message to UItesting window.
* unittestingLog.js, is responsible for logging message to the error console or log file.
* unittestingOverlay.js, is responsible for populating the GUI window.
* unittestingWindow.js, holds all the unit testing functions
* unittestingWindow.xul, is responsible for loading the framework and updating UI test window elements.
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=== How to write test case cases by using this framework ===Writing the test cases by using this framework is really easy. All you need to to is opening the file '''unittesting.js''', and add any type of test case by adding following sectionsthree setps. (This example is for bookmarks unit testing)
<pre>
*
* In this part, you need to initialize the services that contains all the units
* This is an example for Bookmark Services
*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function BookmarksTests() {
* bookmark test window initialization
*
* setUp is for initializing services in the firefox API
*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
var bookmarkstestWindow = {
logText("Unit Testing Window startup");
this.bookmarksTests = new BookmarksTests(); // initialize bookmark unit tests
this.testsRun = new Array();
logText("finished unit testing startup");
}
};
*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
window.addEventListener("load", bookmarkstestWindow.setUpinitialize, false);
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var suite = {
},
*/
testCreateBookmark: function() {
},
*/
testRemoveBookmark: function() {
// need to be developed, this is demo only var result = true; assert(result, "test Remove Bookmark");
},
*/
testCreateFolder: function() {
// need to be developed, this is demo only var result = true; assert(result, "test Create Folder");
},
*/
testDeleteFolder: function() {
// need to be developed, this is demo only var result = false; assert(result, "test Delete Folder");
},
*/
testBookmarkAllTabs: function() {
// need to be developed, this is demo only var result = true; assert(result, "test Bookmark All Tabs");
}
};
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/*
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{{clear}} === What have done Customize Extension Menu Item Name ===If users want to change the menu item name for a specific test case, they can open file '''unittesting.dtd''' under folder '''local'''. [[image:extension02.png|600px]] <br />
And then they can change the first item to your test case name in the file unittesting.dtd.
[[image:extension03.png|600px]] <br />
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=== Run the tests ===
After adding the test cases to the extension, the participant can install the extension by drag and drop the extension into Firefox, and then click on install to install the unit testing framework with your test cases.
Running test cases is also easy, user can click on '''Tools''' menu from Firefox, and you will see an extension called '''Unit Testing for [...]'''.
[[image:extension01.png|602px]] <br />
Select the '''Unit Testing for [...]''', system will pop up the following testing window.
[[image:extension04.png|602px]] <br />
Now click on the run button on test window, the test result will be displayed on test window.
[[image:extension07.png|602px]] <br />
Further more, user can run test cases as many times as they want, and the result will be populated on test window as well.
[[image:extension08.png|602px]] <br />
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=== Unit testing log ===
Right now, this framework provides a detail log for test running. This will allow users to track the detail testing process and any error that encountered during the testing.
In order to check the error console, go to '''Tools''' menu in Firefox, and select '''Error Console'''.
[[image:extension05.png|602px]] <br />
After push the '''Run''' button, the testing process message will be displayed in console.
[[image:extension06.png|602px]] <br />
Notice: The framework runs the setUp() first, which we can see the highlighting in the screen shot.
[[image:extension06-1.png|602px]] <br />
Notice: The framework runs the tearDown() when all the test cases are finished, which we can see the highlighting in the screen shot.
[[image:extension06-2.png|602px]] <br />
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=== What I have done ===
* Core code and structure of the framework as an extension, and make writing test case as easily as possible. It's similar as writing JUint test cases.
* Testing window layout
* Test result on testing window
* Displaying logs in the error console
* Instruction on how to write test cases by using this framework (readme.txt)
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=== What need to be continued ===
* Better layout of testing window if you have innovative idea
* Write log into file for further analyzing by Mozilla
* Improve the structure of the framework and make it easier for users if you could
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=== What I have learned ===
Based on my experice in open source developing, I had a lot of fun for doing it. Also I'd like to address some improtant comments when I was working on the open source.
* It was very time-consuming. Confidence and patience are the key to success.
: This project has no prototype or even any example; most of time I couldn't get help because very less people work on this; and different people will do a different way in unit testing. It took me a lot of time to do researching, trying, and debugging. It also needs a lot of patience; if one way doesn't work, you still need to keep working on it until find the solution. You can take a short break and a deep breath, but never give up.
* Documentation.
: Any code we wrote should be documentated. It's very important for you to check back and for the people who want to contrubute to it.This is really important in open source community. Because I couldn't find the documentation for the Bookmarks services, I cannot make the bookmark unit testing work.
* You need to get help from the others, but don't wait.
: I had sent email to ask help for my problems, and I never get response. It's kind of wasting time. You need to move on, especially in open source community, we do need help from the others, but don't relay on them.
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== Project News ==
* Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:45 am, finished core code and structure of Unit Testing Framework for Firefox.
* Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:07 pm, Rob helped me to get start on JSUnit Testing.
* Wednesday, October 4, 2006, Saw this interesting [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/bz/archives/017038.html post] about test cases in Mozilla, and the [http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/content/test/unit/test_nodelist.js&rev=1.3&mark=16#15 code example] is quite useful.
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