Wikimania presentation about testing MediaWiki and its extensions using the MediaWiki Testing Environment

1. MediaWiki testing A framework

3. MediaWiki is a moving target

4. It is used in many configurations, environments

5. Developers are human too

7. How do you know that you can upgrade a Wiki

8. Ensure repeatability

10. The installation of extensions is not a standard job, it takes research and it takes a lot of time

11. There are many tools that test, our initial aim is to make it easy to use them

13. Installs a named revision or tag

14. Extensions install properly when they comply to conventions

15. Many extensions need installation scripts

18. Install twenty environments in 10 minutes

19. Duplicate environments

20. Concentrate attention of environments in stead of n-to-n extension testing

22. With LocalisationUpdate a superior experience

25. Allow for the adoption and the continued development of the “MediaWiki Testing Environment”

27. Blog: methodically testing MediaWiki