Status Report 1 –Google Summer of Code 2010

Project: Improved automated UI testing for Lightning

Organization: Mozilla                                                                          

Mentor: Merike Sell

In my GSOC project, this time period is allocated for community bonding period but I thought to start the project to some extent. Week before last week, I couldn’t do anything because of my internship & other stuffs. In this status report, I am writing what I did in last week & what I have to do in this week.

Last Week…….

Last week, I learned the following regarding my project

• Mozmill(Test Frame Work, Making Useful Tests, Elements Library Objects)
• Mozmill Test Documentation
• SVN,CVS(Revision Control systems)
•   Shared Modules
• Mercurial
• Merge Program
• Got Familiar with DOM Inspector

Installed Visual C++ 9.0 Express Edition, Mozilla Build Package, Mozmill Command Line Client

What is Mozilla Build Package? 

Mozilla Build is a bundle of software including of bash, GNU make, autoconf, Mercurial, and much more.

Mercurial: - Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool. It efficiently handles projects of any size and offers an easy and intuitive interface.

This Week…….

• Getting a depth knowledge of DOM Inspector
• Learning how to check out the repository
• Participating in Mozilla IRC
• Discussing Buildbot related issues.

References

•  https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozmill/Mozmill_Elements_Library_Object
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozmill_Tests
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozmill#Installation
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Installing_Mercurial
•   https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Windows_Build_Prerequisites
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozmill/First_Steps/Tutorial%3a_Introduction_to_Mozmill
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Subversion
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System