QA/Automation/Projects/Mozmill Shared Modules/API Refactor

Overview

Lead:	Geo Mealer
Co-workers:	Henrik Skupin
Dates:	No end date set
Status:	Exploring new ways to present the Shared API to simplify test scripts.
Repository Location:	http://hg.mozilla.org/users/gmealer_mozilla.com/mozmill-refactor/
Tracking Bug / Bug List:	bug 605343
Documentation:	TBD

Project details

We're exploring different ways to structure and present both Shared APIs and tests. Some values we're optimizing for are:

• Low learning ramp for writing Mozmill tests
• Understandable and verifiable test code
• Repeatable and accurate test runs

Initial ideas center around creating a custom "testing language" by splitting the Shared API into two classes of modules:

• API modules contain functions for completing complex tasks
• UI modules contain a map of the Firefox UI used for per-control access.

API modules would be primarily used in setup for tests where fine control isn't needed. UI modules would be used to simulate a QA Engineer running a test.

Some initial ideas for what we're targeting can be found in:

• Shared API Refactor -- Thoughts and Recommendations
• Code Sketches for Shared API Refactor