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==== Scripts called by a Perl program ==== | ==== Scripts called by a Perl program ==== | ||
The installation and configuration are a bit harder. First download and install [http://search.cpan.org/~ | The installation and configuration are a bit harder. First download and install [http://search.cpan.org/~lukec/Test-WWW-Selenium/ Test::WWW::Selenium]. In case you still use version 0.03, the following modules are required too: | ||
requires: | requires: | ||
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Test::More v0.47 | Test::More v0.47 | ||
When all these modules are installed, you will also need the SeleniumTest.pm module available in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317695 bug 317695] which is a simplified version of the one given with the Test-WWW-Selenium tarball. An example of a test script is also provided | When all these modules are installed, you will also need the SeleniumTest.pm module available in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317695 bug 317695] which is a simplified version of the one given with the Test-WWW-Selenium tarball. An example of a test script - 012qa.t - is also provided, which can e.g. be executed with runtests.pl, a Perl script available in the Bugzilla distribution. | ||
As you can see, the syntax is different, but the commands remain mostly the same. Make sure to end all your commands by "_ok" to generate an output on your screen. The format is now $test->command_name_ok('field', 'value', 'description'), where $test is the test object created by SeleniumTest.pm and which will do the interface between your test script and the web installation. | For newer versions of Test::WWW::Selenium, requirements are different and SeleniumTest.pm is no longer required. Note that your old scripts running on 0.03 won't run on newer versions anymore. | ||
As you can see, the syntax is different between HTML and Perl scripts, but the commands remain mostly the same. Make sure to end all your commands by "_ok" to generate an output on your screen. The format is now $test->command_name_ok('field', 'value', 'description'), where $test is the test object created by SeleniumTest.pm and which will do the interface between your test script and the web installation. | |||
The description is optional, but gives very useful information. A typical output is of the form: | The description is optional, but gives very useful information. A typical output is of the form: | ||