[QA] Potential task for Google Code-in

[Chris McMahon]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Jeff Hall <jhall at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>  Quim and Željko recently brought me on board as a mentor for Google
> Code-in[1], and after reviewing the QA-related tasks created so far, I came
> up with an idea for a potential new task.  Since I'm new to Google Code-in,
> any feedback on whether or not this is an appropriate task will be
> appreciated :)
>
> The task I'm thinking of is to start QA-relevant code convention pages as
> sub-pages of the main MediaWiki coding convention page[2].  In order of
> difficulty, new sub-pages to be created could be:
>
>
>    1. Gherkin feature file conventions
>
> Like so?
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Quality_Assurance/Browser_testing/Writing_tests#Features_and_Scenarios


>
>    1.
>    2. Cucumber (step file) conventions (see for example BZ 49876[3])
>    3. Ruby conventions (see for example GitHub Ruby StyleGuide[4])
>
>


>
>    1.
>
>
> The task to create a Gherkin coding convention page would require the
> contributor to do a little research on what separates Scenarios from
> Scenario outlines (for example), and make some preliminary recommendations
> on when to prefer one over the other.
>
> I'd be willing to be a mentor for this task if it seems appropriate,
> although I'm not sure if it's too high-level for Google Code-in.  Feedback
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> 1: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2013
> 2: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions
> 3: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49876
> 4: https://github.com/styleguide/ruby
>
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