SOC 2009: Application Test Suite

[Vít Hrachový]

Austin English wrote:
> I was more interested in a quick proof of concept. The flexibility of
> autohotkey allows for lots of different methods for doing such things,
> and a method that involves the majority of code being run under AHK
> itself (and therefore on wine AND windows) is very possible with
> careful planning, which is part of what makes this proposal so
> interesting.
> 

Hi Austin,
IMO it would be nice to make clear line between *installation* testing 
and *functional* testing.

The first would answer the AppDB question if the program is installable 
(and uninstallable).

The second could try to cover some basic aspects of program 
functionality, say - Firefox is able to view http://winehq.org or so.

AutoHotkey even supports screenshots matching.

See *-repository/*/resources for some library of existing primitive 
AutoHotkey install/uninstall scripts. There are some game demos too.

http://winebot.sandbox.cz/tracker/browser/repositories

For example Wizardry 8 demo download is available here and should work:
http://wood.sandbox.cz/wizardry8-demo/wizardry8demo.exe

Heroes of Might and Magic III demo installs and runs well, too (beware 
of troubles with PulseAudio).

 From top of my head, Widelands and FreeCiv would be another nice 
candidates for free downloadable games with easy automation.

Hope it helps.
Hark