Joomla!Day Norway 2007

Quality & Testing Work Group

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Who

• Rob Schley, Joomla! Core Member and Q&T Coordinator

• http://www.joomla.org/content/view/2032/85/

• Robin Muilwijk, former Joomla! Core Member, Q&T Assistant Coordinator

• http://www.joomla.org/content/view/270/87/

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What

"..To help improve the Quality, Stability & Security of the

Joomla! Core Code, through continuous rigorous Testing and

quality Reporting..."

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How and When

1. Process, procedures and Workflow

2. What and How we test

3. When we test

4. Let’s not forget Quality

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1.1 Process

• Our main procedure e.g. workflow– Mediator between Community and

Developers– Pick up, Verify, Report, Verify again, Close– Report sources; forum and trackers

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1.2 Workflow

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2.1 What and How

• Basic (manual) testing– Different webserver setups

(apache/php/mysql)– Bugs, usability, typos etc…– Tip; enable php error reporting and debug

• Unit testing– Small team, still in development

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2.1 What and How

• Performance testing– Benchmarking– Profiling

• Security testing– Tool– Manually

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3.1 When

• When are we active, when do we Test?– Basically… always!– During releases (example; 1.5 Beta-2)– Continuously testing– Continuously monitoring tracker and forum

(spot problems)

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4.1 Quality

• Besides testing, Q&T also focuses on the quality of the Core Code. What does that mean?

• Examples: Improve queries, introduce feature requests (enhancements)

• Example; Banner Client ID (next page)

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4.1 Quality

• Frequently asked on the forum > Usability improved (Quality) by adding a column

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Can You! Help?

Yes you Can!

Take the Red Barchetta for a testdrive,

Become a beta-tester!

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How to Help

• We shifted the testing effort to the Community– Download a Nightly– Test it– Report it, on the forum and/or Tracker

– Download http://dev.joomla.org/content/view/17/60/

– Report forum http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,199.0.html

– Report tracker http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/

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Questions?

Remarks?

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Resources

• Links for resources