First Contract Issued

[Zachary Gorden]

The ReactOS Project is proud to announce the first of the development
contracts that will be funded by the recent donation campaign. Edijs
Kolesnikovics joined the ReactOS development team very recently and
has been working extensively with Amine Khaldi and Olaf Siejka to
create an application test suite based around the AutoHotkey (AHK)
automation system. AutoHotkey is a tool for scripting keyboard and
mouse actions in order to automate running of programs on Windows.
While the current test suites exercise a considerable amount of
functionality, the true test for ReactOS remains when it is used to
run applications. As such, Edijs has been working to create tests
using AHK to run a variety of applications, starting with those on the
Golden Apps list. The basic framework is already in place along with a
few tests, but much more can be done to expand the selection of
applications tested. As such, the Foundation has elected to grant
Edijs a development contract to develop additional tests. The project
congratulates Edijs on a job well done so far, and would also like to
thank Amine, Olaf, and the AHK developers for their help mentoring and
advising Edijs.

Contract Details

Time: 84 hours minimum
Wage: €168
Expected Duration: 1 month

Objective: Within the designated time period, develop as many AHK test
scripts for applications to be used with the automated regression
testing as possible. The intended goal is to have at least all
remaining Golden Apps testable. This project seeks to help developers
catch regressions more quickly so that stabilizing ReactOS for
releases becomes less time consuming. This task will be monitored by
Amine Khaldi.

Sidenote: Due to a variety of circumstances unrelated to the donation
campaign, Edijs' contract wage is significantly lower than what would
be the standard contract wage for the project.