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---++ Agenda for Workshop =tbot=

---+++ Introduction

Developing / porting of U-Boot, Linux, and/or Yocto for a new
hardware, or even updating an existing port to a newer version, can
be a hard job. Testing if a new version still works at least as well
as the previous one is even harder. And usually this is
uninteresting, boring work.

This workshop shows how to install and use the
[[https://github.com/hsdenx/tbot][ =tbot= test tool]] for automatic
build and runtime tests.  The demonstrations use the well-known
<nop>BeagleBoneBlack (BBB) board as target system.

Originating from a system that focussed on the tasks that developers
have to perform routinely, like boring maintenance work in U-Boot and
Linux, =tbot= has grown into an universal test tool that not only
catches bugs, but also allows to automatize such boring routine
tasks. If you find yourself doing similar things again and again,
this workshop might show you how you can safe a lot of time and still
improve the overall quality of your work.

---+++ Who should attend

Software developers interested in running all kinds of automatic
procedures and tests, including complex ones where other CI tools
give up (like automatic patch download, automated git bisecting
etc.).

---+++ Course Outline

   * Introduction
   * Overview Testtools
   * =tbot= principles
   * =tbot= installation
   * =tbot= examples
   * =tbot= practicall session