Simplified test-set for Magento 1.8.0.0 (MTAF based)

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Some days ago I finished my work with Simplified test-set for Magento 1.8.0.0 which is based on MTAF. Because I don't have a lot of free time, it turned out, that it is a quite long project. I had spent about a month before I got a passable result. But I’m not quite sure, that, if I had had more time, I would have made it quickly. Because the most time I was trying to be sure that I have about 5 hundreds tests working together.

Short detective story (Magento TAF)

Introduction

Hello. I’m pleased, that you, Developer, read this article.
Can you tell me: have you ever thought that many people imagine that a developer, who searches for a bug, looks like a detective that moment?
Ok. You can disagree with me. But when I look for a bug I feel like a real detective from these books or TV series.
So... Sometimes, when long autumn evening comes and rain keeps everybody home,
I take some bug, that isn’t worth fixing during work time, and begin my investigation...

Headless Selenium Server and PHPUnit on Ubuntu - Easy!

About this article

There is nothing new in this article, but I’ve made information from the Internent about this problem more concise. Generally, I’ve collected all required tips into a short solution.

With this guide you will install Xvfb to hide browsers and lunch the selenium server within its hidden virtual display.

I’m providing you a script that allows you to manage Xvfb and Selenium together. The script already can configure Xvfb the way allows you to make screenshots.

And you’ll be able to learn here the small and clear example of the PHPUnit test using the selenium server.