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Crowdsourcing JavaScript Testing

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-that-what-slashdot-is-for dept.

snitch writes "John Resig, creator of the jQuery JavaScript library, has released Test Swarm, a platform for distributed continuous integration testing for client-side JavaScript. Frustrated with traditional JavaScript testing environments that don't scale, John's new project, which is currently in private alpha, aims to provide a system for outsourcing browser-related testing to large groups of people or communities."

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  1. Trendsourcing by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Def. trendsource
    -verb: to solve problems using popular buzzwords

    ("The developers trendsourced the project by integrating crowdsourcing with Agile methodologies automated with a SOAP communication layer.")

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    1. Re:Trendsourcing by Jurily · · Score: 4, Funny

      ("The developers trendsourced the project by integrating crowdsourcing with Agile methodologies automated with a SOAP communication layer.")

      Translation: they got posted on /. and now they're putting out the fire in the server room.

    2. Re:Trendsourcing by gandhi_2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The folksomonie's synergistic frision brings a best-in-breed game-changer to the clowns-as-a-service paradigm.

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      THL phish sticks
  2. Re:Coincidentally... by Dynedain · · Score: 4, Informative

    There may only be a handful of browsers, but that doesn't mean there are only a handful of test cases. When it comes to javascript, there are quite a few variations that can cause problems beyond just the browser name.

    One example that I've been specifically dealing with on MooTools involves bugs relating to font antialiasing on Internet Explorer. The issue presents itself on IE 7 when system font smoothing is enabled, but NOT on IE6 or IE8. Furthermore, in only presents itself if the user utilizes "Cleartype" (recommended for LCDs) but not if they use Standard font smoothing. It took me quite some time to narrow down exactly where the problem was.

    This isn't an issue on Firefox 2,3, Safari 2,3 (although other kinds of font issues may arise with FF on OSX, and with Safari on Windows). Counting the variations of system settings, major OS and browser versions, that makes for 51 test cases, not including point versions of the OS or browsers, beta versions, and limiting it to the big 3 of browsers.

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