I typically use xvfb-run when executing tests locally. How does headless mode differ? Does it just run faster, but at the cost not testing some widget code?
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Brendan Dahl <bd...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > > As of Firefox 55 I intend to ship headless Linux support (Firefox without a > GUI and X11 server connection). Headless mode is enabled via the --headless > command line flag for Firefox and does not affect Firefox when running in > normal mode or on Windows and macOS > > > > For those unfamiliar with the project, the main goal of headless browsing > is to make web developer workflow and testing with Firefox easier. There > are currently two ways to interact with headless Firefox by using either > SlimerJS or Marionette (WebDriver/Selenium). > > > > Testing: > > The Marionette test suite is now run in headless mode alongside the normal > mode as a tier 2 test on try. There are also some basic xpcshell tests that > use a simple headless browser. If the Marionette tests remain reliable, I > intend to bump them up to tier 1 in a few weeks [1]. > > > > In the near future, I'll also be enabling headless mode on Windows and then > will start work on macOS. We also are going to investigate some possible > performance improvements for headless mode. > > > > If you run into any issues please file a bug in the new headless component > [2]. > > > > More info: > > > > Meta bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338004 > > Linux support: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1356681 > > Windows support: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355150 > > MacOS support: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355147 > > [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373029 > > [2]: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&; > component=Headless > . > > > > Previous blog post on SlimerJS support: > https://adriftwith.me/coding/2017/04/21/headless-slimerjs-with-firefox/ > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
