From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2005-01-14T20:26:32+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Web Testing in Ruby

* stevetuckner <stevetuckner@usfamily.net> [0114 22:14]:
> >
> >>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).

> After downloading webunit and taking a quick look (thus all my 
> impressions could be wrong -- please correct me if it is) at it, I think 
> that I am taking a different approach than it. First of all, it doesn't 
> seem to check non-form data.  

You've already got further than me then :) I installed it a while back but
never got much further than that, it's in the todo pile somewhere....
but the example on the homepage seemed to indicate it checked the site layout
too ( assert_title( 'test-1', response ) and so on). If it needs the site
to be tagged to work then it's obviously not that useful....

> Also, my approach relies on parts of the 
> displayable text (not hidden form values) to check for values on the 
> page. This is so the tests are more readable without having to modify 
> the system under test at all.

Look forward to a release!
 
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