LDTP

The LDTP is released under the GPL and LGPL. The GNU/Linux Desktop (GUI Application) Testing Project (GNU LDTP) aims to produce a high quality test automation framework with cutting-edge tools that can be used to test and improve the GNU/Linux or Solaris desktops. It uses the Accessibility libraries to discover through the application's user interface. The framework also has tools to record test-cases based on user actions in an application. GNU LDTP is a GNU/Linux / Unix GUI application testing tool. It runs on GNU/Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and Embedded environments.

The LDTP Features

• LDTP supports verification of actions performed (guiexist, verifystate, etc) – API Reference is available
• Writing test scripts are very easy, the script writer need not know about the object hierarchy
• CPU / Memory performance monitoring of application-under-test can be measured – Class_pstats
• From the XML log, we can gather HTML report using XSLT
• Group based execution, which provides precise control on the flow of test-script execution – ldtprunner_XML
• Scripts can be written as a reusable component and for that the data can be stored / retrieved in XML – Data_XML
• User-friendly Text Editor with syntax highlighting for generating and grouping test data
• Objects are identified both statically and dynamically
• Record and Playback options are available

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