Re: Web functional testing tools?

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:19:51PM +0100, Geoff Caplan wrote: > Doug, <snip> > I'm fairly new to this field, so I'm still feeling my way, but I guess > my requirements are similar to anyone else building a fairly complex > ecommerce application: fill and submit forms using the full range of > HTML widgets, submit and check cookies, gets and posts, check changes > to data (in Postgres), check for patterns in pages, organise groups of > related tests, follow redirects etc etc. The requirement to run checks > on the database suggests that a server-side solution would be the way > to go. SimpleTest provides all of this functionality with the exception of a specific database testing API, although you can certainly use it for this purpose. > Obviously, a key issue is keeping the tests robust in the face of > changes to the application. I need to be able to change a link label, > for example, without breaking the test-suite. Link assertions can be specified using the 'id' attribute. > I am trying to avoid anything that requires a complex Java setup or > Eclipse: I don't have the relevant skills. The best options I have > found so far, in addition to SimpleTest, are: > > **Puffin** Pure Python framework, so easy to extend (I know a bit of > Python). Looks very powerful, but not much current activity and > documentation is minimal: > > http://www.puffinhome.org/what.htm > > **Canoo** Which you obviously know. > > http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/WebTestHome.html > > **TestCase**, which looks powerful - but requires that you model the > whole site in UML, which is not the way I prefer to work: > > http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~webtest/testcasetool/index.html > > Is there anything I have overlooked? You might like to have a quick look at http://www.fitnesse.org/, but I would think that SimpleTest meets most of your requirements. > The problem I am facing is that it will take a few days to do a full > evaluation of the options and I am pressed for time. Any advice that > you could offer that would help accelerate the process would be most > welcome... Sorry, this might be a little late... Regards, Doug