Re: Any automated interface / GUI Testing tool for GTK ?

[Michael L Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 16:14 -0600, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 02:36 +0530, rush ta wrote:
> > Thnx for the reply Michael...
> > I am looking for GUI testing ...
> > programmatically pressing button in a GUI on the screen !

Actually, here is something that may get you started:

http://search.cpan.org/~ctrondlp/X11-GUITest-0.21/GUITest.pm

> Please keep your posts on the list.  Mainly because others can see it
> and give their input.  I myself know of no such tool offhand.  I believe
> you can accomplish some of this using the XTEST X server extension, but
> it sounds like  complicated stuff.
>
> Personally I don't see how automated testing of a GUI does anything
> useful, other than proving the GUI toolkit works, which is not quite
> what you're looking for.  I would think that code coverage tests and
> unit tests would be of far greater value.  Also such testing promotes
> good design.  Business logic should never be mixed in with GUI display
> code.  Of course it's always possible to forget to connect a GUI signal
> and thus have a button that's not working.
>
> Anyway, perhaps someone else who has knowledge in this area can comment.