Roku Developer Program

[Kabinchi]

Hi, I am trying to find out if anyone uses any particular test automation tools for their roku development/testing?

I am new to this and just in the process of going through the dev guides etc to get things setup. From this discussion I am hoping to find out if there's currently any automation framework suggestions and if anyone is currently doing some automated testing during their development. Any response will be much appreciated or blog suggestions i could look into.

Also i'd like to know if its possible to simulate the roku box on a desktop or is the only way of testing the app by loading it on the box?

Many Thanks in advance

[RokuJoel]

I think most people don't use automated testing tools, however, I think that GandK may have some useful tools in LibRokuDev. The Evaluate and Run functions can be used for testing purposes.

Here's a thread on testing frameworks:

http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=25722&p=157713&hilit=testing+harness#p157713

The only way to test a channel is to load it on the box.

- Joel

[kbenson]

Yeah, we implement a TAP library for testing, and used it for some of the other tools.

For example: see https://github.com/rokudev/librokudev/blob/master/source/librokudev/source/tests/test_rdTAP.brs which is rdTAP testing itself, and https://github.com/rokudev/librokudev/blob/master/source/librokudev/source/tests/test_rdClass.brs which is rdTAP testing rdClass.