Repository github.com/ldtp Written in Python, C, C#, Other | Development status Active Operating system | |
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Initial release January 28, 2005; 12 years ago (2005-01-28) Stable release 3.5.0 / May 1, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-05-01) | ||
The Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP) is an open source testing tool that uses computer assistive technology to automate GUIs. The GUI functionality of an application can be tested in Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and embedded environments. The Mac OS X version is called PyATOM, and the Windows version is Cobra.
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LDTP can test any accessibility-enabled GNOME application, Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, any Swing-based Java, Qt 4-based and KDE 4.x applications.
LDTP is/was used by the following companies/organizations:
LDTP can be used to remotely test applications.
The LDTP is released under the LGPL.
History
LDTP version 0.1.0 was released in January 2005 and then showcased and discussed at GUADEC 2005. It was then used at the Google Summer of Code in 2006 for Tinderbox integration, Evolution automation, and LDTP regression suite under GNOME organization. Then again in 2007, it was used by the Mozilla Fondation for Firefox automation and Tinderbox integration.
Example
This is an example of how LDTP would test writing in gedit: