Default to running AVA as headless?

[zcorpan]

I was working on implementing a way to run AVA as headless, and later found that it is already possible:

https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/wiki/Regression-Tests-for-APG-Example-Pages#running-tests

To run in firefox headless mode:

$ CI=1 npm run regression 

I have read these docs before but somehow missed this.

Would it make sense to change the default to run tests as headless, and opt in to non-headless with e.g.

$ DEBUG=1 npm run regression

?

[mcking65]

@zcorpan
Would this change only the experience when running tests locally, i.e., Firefox windows would no longer open/close? Seems like it would be an improvement.

@jongund , what do you think?

[zcorpan]

Correct.

[jongund]

@zcorpan @mcking65
I don't see a problem with the change, since the browser opening and closing doesn't really contribute to understanding the test results.