[Zope3-dev] Re: Javascript functional tests?

[Michel Pelletier]

> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:38:38 -0500
> From: Benji York <benji at zope.com>
> Subject: Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Javascript functional tests?
> To: Philipp von Weitershausen <philipp at weitershausen.de>,
>         zope3-dev at zope.org
> Message-ID: <422D1E3E.5080304 at zope.com>
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> Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> > So, in any case, unit tests would have to be executed 'manually',
> > which means through a browser and which also means through every
> > browser that is supposed to be supported, not just your favourite
> > one.
> 
> I know this is a bit off topic, but since you mentioned it, I thought 
> you might be interested.  I read an article this weekend on Selenium, an 
> in-browser functional testing framework: http://tinyurl.com/54pzn.
> 
> It currently supports IE on Windows and Mozilla everywhere.  That's not
> quite "every browser", but it is automated.

Selenium is *very* cool, I recommend people check out the quick and convincing 
online demos.   we have been debating internally between mechanize and the 
Zope 3 based ftesting systems when I found Selenium a couple weeks ago.  I am 
working on a Z3 port of the existing Python driver and will hopefully have a 
working port after the paris sprint.

It's not necessariy intended to test javascript per se, but an entire web 
application visually using a real browser, including the javascript.

-Michel

> -- 
> Benji York
> Sr. Software Engineer
> Zope Corporation