From: Alexey Verkhovsky <alex@...>
Date: 2005-01-14T06:51:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Web Testing in Ruby

Dick Davies wrote:

>* stevetuckner <stevetuckner@usfamily.net> [0124 21:24]:
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>>Laurent Julliard wrote:
>>I am currently working on one (when time permits). My idea is to use a 
>>template of the web page under test to allow the checking of values both 
>>in a form and just within plain HTML. It parses the HTML so that can 
>>check for identical structure (though not identical white space). It 
>>also can handle differences in the number sub-elements (like multiple 
>>rows in a table). After parsing and comparing with the template, it 
>>returns a nested hash/array structure to allow the checking of values. 
>>Parts not done include the modifiying of form values and their resubmission.
>>    
>>
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>did you find webunit? it's designed to allow unit testing of webapps, but
>i'm not sure if it's maintained (and the docs were a bit scanty).
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>Might give you some ideas though?
>
>Also I have a vague recollection of something coming out of rails that let
>you test the frontend, but istr it worked by having the View generate xhtml
>and parsing that....
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>
To clarify: the test framework available in Rails is very 
Rails-specific, and it's just for unit-testing the controller layer of a 
Rails app. I.e., a totally different beast.

Best regards,
Alex