Test The Web Forward Paris 2012

Vincent Hardy
Director of Engineering
Adobe Web Platform

TestTWF Beijing... just happened

TestTWF Paris ... now

  • Attendees: moving the web forward
  • Experts: sharing your expertise
  • Our host: Telecom Paris Tech
  • Sponsors: making the event happen

About Telecom Paris Tech

  • In 1904 invented a term...?
  • In 1878 as ...?
  • Grad school for ...?

Soooo... what is this about??

  • Specification
  • Testing
  • Implementations

Simple but ...

  • Specifications are sophisticiated
  • Comprehensive tests are needed
  • ~700 tests for the CSS Transform specification
  • ~350 tests for HTML5
  • ~627 tests for HTML5 Canvas 2D
  • ~11000 tests for the CSS 2.1 test suite
  • ~350 tests Backgrounds and Borders

How to help?

  • Reporting bugs when found
  • Writing tests that isolate a particular issue
  • Writing tests for up and coming specifications
  • Teach others
  • Participate to Test The Web Forward!

Friday Agenda

Time Topic
5:00-5:30 Check-in
5:30-5:50 Welcome & Introduction
5:50-6:10 How to Read a Spec - Robin Berjon, W3C
6:10-6:30 How to Create a W3C Reftest - Rebecca Hauck, Adobe
6:30-6:50 Overview of testharness.js - James Graham, Opera
6:50-7:10 File the Best Bug - fantasai, Mozilla
7:15-7-45 Lightning Talks
8:00-9:30 Dinner & Meet the Experts

Saturday Agenda

Time Topic
9:30-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-12:00 Hack
12:00 Lunch is served
12:00-3:00 Hack
3:00 Snacks
3:00-5:30 Hack
5:30-6:00 Demos
6:00 Dinner/Drinks

Disoriented...

... site and tweets

testthewebforward.org

Twitter: #TestTWF

Need anything?

  • Frederique
  • Rebecca
  • Cyril
  • Israel
  • Larry

Who is who?

Now, let the rubber hit the road..

Robin and reading specifications with testing in mind