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+====== Script Tests ======
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+A //script test// is a test that uses JavaScript to programmatically verify one or more specific functionalities.  Unlike [[test:selftest|self-describing tests]] and [[test:reftest|reftests]], script tests do not verify rendering.
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+Script tests should be used to verify functionalities that do not require rendering, for example, a JavaScript API.  Script tests can also be used to add automation to [[test:reftest|reftests]] for clients that do not support [[test:reftest|reftests]].
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+==== Components of a Script Test ====
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+A script test can be written as a single file with a script block that contains the JavaScript, or the JavaScript can be contained in a separate .js file that is imported by the test file.
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+==== Test Harness ====
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+The test harness (written and maintained by James Graham) is a JavaScript file that facilitates writing test cases.  Specifically, test harness offers test authors:
+  * A convenient API for making common test assertions
+  * Support for testing synchronous and asynchronous DOM features in a way that promotes clear, robust, tests
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+Script tests written for the CSSWG //should// use test harness whenever possible.
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+==== Per-Test Metadata ====