Installing WebVizOr

WebVizOr is a Java-based web application. Please read our license before downloading.

Pre-requisites

Unix or Linux operating system
Web application server, such as Tomcat or resin
Java 5
Mozilla Firefox is the preferred browser for WebVizOr because not all browsers implement standards used in the creation of WebVizOr's code.

Download application or source code from the download page.
Customize:
- web.xml
  Define script_path, class_path, and data_dir
  - script_path is the location of the oracle scripts used by WebVizOr
  - class_path is the locations of the Java classes and libraries needed by WebVizOr
  - data_dir is the location where WebVizOr can put its work files, e.g., webvizor_work. Directory should already exist.
- oracle_config.txt
  WebVizOr supports HTML-based oracle comparators that are written in either Java or Perl.
  - In oracle_config.txt, specify oracle comparators with which you would like to analyze test suite results
  - On a single line specify language, file name, short identifier, button label, description (subsitute any spaces with "$")
    Example: perl justContent.pl cont Text Text$Content
    Example: java LinkComparison lc Link HTML$Tags$+$Links
Place webvizor.war file in the appropriate web application directory for your web application server.

After you have installed WebVizOr, to run WebVizOr you will need to

Start your web application server
Launch WebVizOr in your FireFox Browser, e.g., http://localhost:8080/WebVizOr
Choose if you are going to run WebVizOr in single or comparison mode by selecting the correct files into WebVizOr's start up page.

For more information, see the tutorial.