Joomla! Documentation™

News and Updates

2010 05 24 document created.

Overview

Automated testing is a key technology is being incorporated into the workings of JBS. At the present, this is a somewhat specialized skill, and a team of people who are familiar with this will help write automated tests and train other JBS members on automated testing. Our aim is to eventually make automated testing a routine part of fixing issues.

System & Unit Testing

Automated Testing is comprised of two types of tests, System and Unit Tests. System test simulate and test what a user may experience where as Unit tests check individual blocks of source code.

For a good comparison of the two, see System Testing versus Unit Testing

Getting Started

To get started with Automated Testing, there are a few prerequisites:

• If you haven't done so already, please read the Bug Squad Welcome Message and pay careful attention to the Bug Tracking Process
• Set up your workstation for Joomla development Eclipse | NetBeans
• Set up your workstation for Running Automated Tests

Other Resources

• Contact us via email at the Joomla! bug Squad mailinglist http://groups.google.com/group/joomlabugsquad
• Join the Joomla! bug Squad on IRC at #joomla-bug-squad | http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#joomla-bug-squad
• Join the Joomla! bug Squad group at http://people.joomla.org/groups/viewgroup/95-Joomla+Bug+Squad.html
• See the category links below