SoftwareTesting:Tools:SimpleXulTestHarness

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• example xul/run-js-as-chrome test (davel's example)
  • in the example, extract_search.sh demonstrates how to create a profile
    • 2 steps - CreateProfile makes the directory and prefs.js file, and the first run populates the profile directory with all the other stuff
  • the sleep 5 is necessary because firefox (on mac at least) restarts itself during the first-run process. probably extension manager checking for stuff
  • installing an extension is not covered by this example
  • need to add result reporting (pass/fail) to this example

to do list

• figure out where/how to check this in to the tree
  • as an extension, to populate chrome://tests/ ?
  • how can test stuff from other parts of the tree get installed into chrome://tests/
• add invocation hooks
  • what test to run
  • auto-discovery of tests?
  • command -line pointer to test manifest file, like layout reftest?
• add test result reporting
  • simple dump statements
  • maybe a chrome test runner with progress bar, like jsunit's test runner