[comp.windows.ms] uniform GUI test environments

jms@informix.com (John Stephens) (04/02/91)

I am in the process of evaluating testing environments for use in a number
ongoing GUI products. My problem is in trying to address the needs of
three distinct user/developer communities: Product Devlopment, Quality
Assurance and Porting.  The first two are primarly concerned (at first)
with a sparc-based, motif-driven environment, but will be moving the
product to Windows 3.0 and other GUI envirnoments almost immediately.
Porting will be folowing the same curve wuth the further complication
of diverse hardware platforms.

What I am trying to do is provide a solution which will allow the
testing environment (both tools and tests) to move along with the
product as it is rolled out on all these various platforms. Ideally, I
would locate a tool (or set of tools) with a high degree of platform
independence and a fairly shallow learning curve.

Has anyone found a fairly painless solution to this problem ?  Any leads
or anecdotes would be greatly appreciated.

Please reply via email and I will summarize to the net.

Thanks Much.

Jack
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