I always thought that LiveCode would make it easy to write scripted tests of
GUI applications as it is based on messages. In fact, I’m a little surprised
that there doesn’t seem to be much use of scripted testing either by RunRev or
the community. I started to experiment with a very simple test, it worked a
treat.
I made a simple stack called GUI.livecode with Field1, Field2 and Button. The
Button script copies the content of Field1 to Field 2.
I then made another stack, TestGUI.livecode, with a single Field “Report” and
the following openStack handler:
on openStack
local tFailed = 0
local tPassed = 0
show stack "GUI"
hide me
put "testing" into Field "Field1" of card "Main" of stack "GUI"
send mouseUp to Button "Button" of card "Main" of stack "GUI"
if "testing" = text of Field "Field2" of card "Main" of stack "GUI" then
Add 1 to tPassed
else
Add 1 to tFailed
end if
put "Number of Tests:" && tPassed + tFailed & return into Field "Report"
put "Tests Passed: " && tPassed & return after Field "Report"
put "Tested Failed: " && tFailed & return after Field "Report"
show me
end openStack
This worked as I expected giving me confidence that I am correct in believing
that it is easy to write scripted GUI tests with LiveCode. Whilst it is good to
be able to run such tests in the IDE, I personally would also like to run them
from the command line. I did try using LiveCodeServer to launch the test using
GO but, as I’m sure you all know, you can’t run GUI stacks from LiveCode Server.
I guess that I can build a standalone of the Test stack that I can launch from
the command line but was hoping there is an easier way. Is there any way to
launch the GUI engine from the command line and automatically run a stack?
Regards
Peter
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