RC test: Area Model Algebra 1.1.0-rc.2

[jonathanolson]

@kathy-phet, @amanda-phet, area-model-algebra/1.1.0-rc.2 is ready for RC testing. Document issues in https://github.com/phetsims/area-model-common/issues and link to this issue.

Assigning @ariel-phet for prioritization.

General RC Test

What to Test

• Click every single button.
• Test all possible forms of input.
  • Test all mouse/trackpad inputs.
  • Test all touchscreen inputs.
• If there is sound, make sure it works.
• Make sure you can't lose anything.
• Play with the sim normally.
• Try to break the sim.
• Test all query parameters on all platforms. (See QA Book for a list of query parameters.)
• Download HTML on Chrome and iOS.
• Make sure the iFrame version of the simulation is working as intended on all platforms.
• Make sure the XHTML version of the simulation is working as intended on all platforms.
• Complete the test matrix.
• Don't forget to make sure the sim works with Legends of Learning.
• Check this LoL spreadsheet and notify AR if it not there.
• If this is rc.1 please do a memory test.

Link(s)

• Simulation
• iFrame
• XHTML
• Test Matrix
• Legends of Learning Harness

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[pixelzoom]

@KatieWoe @jonathanolson FYI... This RC, and all of the other 1.1.0-rc.1 RCs for the Area Model suite, will not run on iPad2. Some incompatible ES6 code was added that won't run on iPad2 (or other browsers that aren't ES6 compatible), see phetsims/joist#539 (comment).

[jonathanolson]

https://phet-dev.colorado.edu/html/area-model-algebra/1.1.0-rc.2/phet/area-model-algebra_en_phet.html (rc.2) should have the patch. Should this issue be updated to just test rc.2?

[KatieWoe]

We haven't yet started on this one, so yes.

[ariel-phet]

@KatieWoe since Area Model is already published (and seems to be working without issue) this testing is a lower priority. Area Model was originally published without a formal code review to meet some grant deadlines, so 1.1.0 allows us to properly finish our process. But again, the live sim is working just fine.

Of the Area Model "suite" this sim should be tested first since the others are mainly a subset of this one.

[ariel-phet]

@KatieWoe one other comment - as a general rule of thumb, for this particular testing of the Area Model suite any "new" sims are going to take precedence (ie Graphing Quadratics, Coulomb's law, EFAC, etc)

[KatieWoe]

Memory Results (I activated sound during fuzz so that source of leak did not come in to play):
Start: 57 MB
1 min: 70.5
2: 71.8
3: 73.3
4: 74.0
5: 76.2
6: 75.3
7: 75.6
8: 75.8
9: 76.3
10: 76.5

[KatieWoe]

https://github.com/phetsims/graphing-lines/issues/116 was seen again in this game. I assume this is because the sim still uses vibe?

[jonathanolson]

This release branch had patches related to phetsims/chipper#720 and phetsims/brand#34 applied since the last RC. This sim should have another RC done, if only to test the brand-related changes briefly.

[mattpen]

This branch was patched as part of the batch maintenance release in phetsims/chipper#746. This should just have added a .gz file to the build artifacts.

[KatieWoe]

QA is done per @ariel-phet

[jonathanolson]

Thanks. I'll have another RC deploy (from new SHAs off of master) soon.