Quality/QA-tools/Testplanner/Qt Creator Plugin

Revision as of 11:17, 4 March 2011

Introduction

There is a plug-in for Qt Creator 2.0.1 and 2.1 which connects Qt Creator with Testplanner.

To use the plug-in, you need to install the following:

• Qt Creator 2.0.1 or 2.1
• Testplanner 0.4.0 or newer
• Plug-in suitable for the installed Testplanner and Qt Creator versions

Installation

Qt Creator

In case you don't have Qt Creator already installed, you can install it from either repositories or from the Qt download web page.

Install Qt Creator from repositories (Qt Creator 2.0.1 available at least on Ubuntu 10.10):

• sudo apt-get update

• sudo apt-get install qtcreator

• Qt Creator installation root dir is /usr

Download and install Qt Creator from the Qt Downloads web page

• Download and install Qt Creator or Qt SDK from here.
• Select the installation root dir during the installation process. If in case of Qt SDK installation,

Qt Creator will be installed into QtCreator sub directory of the SDK root directory.

Testplanner plug-in

Download and install the Testplanner plug-in either as a debian package or a tar ball

Debian package (available for Testplanner 0.4.0 & Qt Creator 2.0.1 installed from repository)

• Download the attached Testplanner plug-in Debian package.
• Install the package:

sudo dpkg -i Testplanner-qtcreator-2.0.1-plugin_0.4.0_i386.deb

Tar ball

• Download the attached Testplanner plug-in tar ball or

Testplanner plug-in tar ball.

• Extract the plug-in files to the Qt Creator installation root directory:

cd [qt-creator-installation-root-dir]
[sudo] tar xf [path-to-Testplanner-plugin-tar-ball]

• Verify installation by checking that the files have been extracted to the correct location:

ls [qt-creator-installation-root-dir]/lib/qtcreator/plugins/Nokia/*TestPlanner*

Usage

With the Testplanner plug-in you can

• Open, edit, and save *.xml files with Testplanner editor
• Navigate in a testplan with Test Plan Navigator tree view in the Qt Creator side bar
• View the edited test plan in the HTML preview.

Known Issues

• Preview does not work with some Qt Creator versions downloaded from the download web page