LDTP Features

 * LDTP concepts are derived from <a href="http://safsdev.sourceforge.net/Default.htm">Software Automation Framework Support</a> 
 * LDTP supports verification of actions performed (guiexist, verifystate, etc) - <a href="../Docs/">API Reference</a> 
 * 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 - <span class="createlink"><a href="//secure.freedesktop.org/write/ldtp/ikiwiki.cgi?do=create&amp;from=Features&amp;page=Class_pstats" rel="nofollow">?</a>Class pstats</span> 

Deprecated

 * From the XML log, we can gather <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/ldtp-dev/2005-October/000031.html">HTML report</a> using XSLT 
 * Group based execution, which provides precise control on the flow of test-script execution - <span class="createlink"><a href="//secure.freedesktop.org/write/ldtp/ikiwiki.cgi?do=create&amp;from=Features&amp;page=ldtprunner_XML" rel="nofollow">?</a>ldtprunner XML</span> 
 * Scripts can be written as a reusable component and for that the data can be stored / retrieved in XML - <a href="../Data_XML/">Data XML</a> 
 * User-friendly Text Editor with syntax highlighting for generating and grouping test data <a href="../Howto_use_LDTP_Editor/">Howto use LDTP Editor</a> 
 * Objects are identified both <a href="http://gnomebangalore.org/ldtp/index.php/Howto_generate_Application_map">statically</a> and <a href="http://gnomebangalore.org/ldtp/index.php/Remap">dynamically</a> 
 * <a href="../RecordHOWTO/">Record / Playback</a> 

Next step

• Setting LDTP in ?GNU/Linux environment
• How to create LDTP test scripts in python