3.8 Release Notes

New Feature Overview

Release 3.8 introduces the following major new features:

• Test Recorder

• Jabber chat

• Dojo widgets

Test Recorder

The General Interface Test Recorder is a utility included with General Interface Builder that records user interactions with an application as a replayable test case. The recordings allow you to generate General Interface Performance Profiler (GIPP) or General Interface Test Automation Kit (GITAK) test cases simply by interacting with your application instead of coding test cases by hand.

By simplifying test case development, the Test Recorder dramatically reduces the barriers to creating comprehensive test suites for your General Interface applications.

Jabber Chat

General Interface Builder includes a Jabber client, allowing you to participate in chats from within Builder. The client is implemented on top of the Dojo XMPP library. It works with Jabber servers that support the Jabber HTTP Bind protocol, such as OpenFire.

Dojo Integration and Dojo Widgets (Dijits)

General Interface 3.8 introduces first-rate integration between General Interface and the Dojo Toolkit. Builder includes prototypes for a variety of Dojo widgets. Dojo widgets operate in the same way as other General Interface widgets and can be dragged and dropped onto the Builder canvas during application development. You can also configure Dojo widgets using the Properties Editor and Events Editor.

New Feature Details

The following new features in 3.8 are documented in JIRA.

Closed Defects

The following defects are marked as fixed in 3.8 in JIRA.

Known Issues

For an up-to-date list of known issues in General Interface 3.8, check this JIRA filter.