Doug, DK> SimpleTest's WebTester package is definitely an acceptance/functional DK> testing framework. If you'd prefer not to specify your test's in PHP you DK> could look at something like Canoo WebTest which uses XML.
Apologies: I had overlooked the WebTester functionality within SimpleTest. I'll check it out in more detail. DK> If you can elaborate on what SimpleTest is lacking I might be able to DK> point you in another direction. 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. 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. 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? 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... ------------------ Geoff Caplan Vario Software Ltd (+44) 121-515 1154 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
