From: E S <eero.saynatkari@...>
Date: 2005-01-14T08:37:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Web Testing in Ruby

> L�hett�j�: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
> Aihe: Re: [Q] Web Testing in Ruby
> 
> * stevetuckner <stevetuckner@usfamily.net> [0124 21:24]:
> > 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.
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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....

Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but www.narf-lib.org has a 
fairly good web testing framework based on test/unit.

E