Re: automated testing: how to generate human-verifiable views?
2011/1/4 Jennifer Bell > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out the best way of doing something I'd like > to partially automate staging testing by generating a sequence of > human verifiable views, with the goal of making sure my app views/css/ > 3rd-party javascript etc. are drawing the way they ought to in more > complicated scenarios.While back end code can easily be tested > with TestClient, failures in the 'final mile' of rendering are really > annoying. > > It would be nice to have a 'view test mode' that allows a tester to > click through a series of database configuration / URL pairs in a > relatively painless way. > > Is there a standard way of doing this, or any existing modules I could > use to achieve this? > > Jennifer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > http://twill.idyll.org/ -- Simo - Registered Linux User #395060 - Software is like sex, it is better when it is free --> Linus B. Torvalds -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
Re: automated testing: how to generate human-verifiable views?
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Jennifer Bell wrote: > Is this a really weird thing to want to do? You can TDD almost > everything else in django through TestClient except for the end result > of how stuff looks. > > Jennifer > Not that weird: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium_(software) I'm not aware of any django specifc integration. Cheers Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
Re: automated testing: how to generate human-verifiable views?
Sorry if I confused people... I'm still looking for some feedback.
Really, I guess I just want to streamline CSS/layout/language/browser
testing so problems that commonly occur aren't discovered on the final
round of staging testing.
I imagine a test series like:
[ {
series_name: payroll_screens,
urls: [ url1,url2... ]
fixtures: payroll.json, employees.json
},
...
]
And through a test url that puts a 'next/prev' widget somewhere like a
top bar, iterates through the urls (in an iframe?) while loading and
unloading fixtures.
Is this a really weird thing to want to do? You can TDD almost
everything else in django through TestClient except for the end result
of how stuff looks.
Jennifer
On Jan 4, 6:21 pm, Jennifer Bell wrote:
> OK, to elaborate: I have a open source project with consistent pain
> points around css and browser testing. Example concrete issues for
> this project are a) multi-language support, as varying text length
> will often throw off the aesthetics of the layout, and b) recently, a
> mysterious failure in geodjango google-map drawing where in some
> corner-cases, the map silently fails to draw.
>
> Really, I'm looking for a framework for a human tester to be able to
> look at a sequence of html pages generated with different test data in
> the database. I want the tester to be able make a 'pretty/ugly/
> horribly wrong' call without having to do a bunch of clicking or data
> entry. Ideally, they would just click 'next' on some widget, which
> would pull up the next URL/test db combination.
>
> Jennifer
>
> On Jan 4, 5:18 pm, Nick Stinemates wrote:
>
> > Can you elaborate a bit?
>
> > Are you interested in having the ui render and generate a screen shot
> > for human review? That's how I interpreted your question. If that's
> > the case, look in to generating a screenshot by leveraging a tool that
> > generates a png from HTML.
>
> > I am eager to hear what others think.
>
> > Nick
>
> > On Tuesday, January 4, 2011, Jennifer Bell wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I'm trying to figure out the best way of doing something I'd like
> > > to partially automate staging testing by generating a sequence of
> > > human verifiable views, with the goal of making sure my app views/css/
> > > 3rd-party javascript etc. are drawing the way they ought to in more
> > > complicated scenarios. While back end code can easily be tested
> > > with TestClient, failures in the 'final mile' of rendering are really
> > > annoying.
>
> > > It would be nice to have a 'view test mode' that allows a tester to
> > > click through a series of database configuration / URL pairs in a
> > > relatively painless way.
>
> > > Is there a standard way of doing this, or any existing modules I could
> > > use to achieve this?
>
> > > Jennifer
>
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Re: automated testing: how to generate human-verifiable views?
OK, to elaborate: I have a open source project with consistent pain points around css and browser testing. Example concrete issues for this project are a) multi-language support, as varying text length will often throw off the aesthetics of the layout, and b) recently, a mysterious failure in geodjango google-map drawing where in some corner-cases, the map silently fails to draw. Really, I'm looking for a framework for a human tester to be able to look at a sequence of html pages generated with different test data in the database. I want the tester to be able make a 'pretty/ugly/ horribly wrong' call without having to do a bunch of clicking or data entry. Ideally, they would just click 'next' on some widget, which would pull up the next URL/test db combination. Jennifer On Jan 4, 5:18 pm, Nick Stinemates wrote: > Can you elaborate a bit? > > Are you interested in having the ui render and generate a screen shot > for human review? That's how I interpreted your question. If that's > the case, look in to generating a screenshot by leveraging a tool that > generates a png from HTML. > > I am eager to hear what others think. > > Nick > > On Tuesday, January 4, 2011, Jennifer Bell wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to figure out the best way of doing something I'd like > > to partially automate staging testing by generating a sequence of > > human verifiable views, with the goal of making sure my app views/css/ > > 3rd-party javascript etc. are drawing the way they ought to in more > > complicated scenarios. While back end code can easily be tested > > with TestClient, failures in the 'final mile' of rendering are really > > annoying. > > > It would be nice to have a 'view test mode' that allows a tester to > > click through a series of database configuration / URL pairs in a > > relatively painless way. > > > Is there a standard way of doing this, or any existing modules I could > > use to achieve this? > > > Jennifer > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
Re: automated testing: how to generate human-verifiable views?
Can you elaborate a bit? Are you interested in having the ui render and generate a screen shot for human review? That's how I interpreted your question. If that's the case, look in to generating a screenshot by leveraging a tool that generates a png from HTML. I am eager to hear what others think. Nick On Tuesday, January 4, 2011, Jennifer Bell wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out the best way of doing something I'd like > to partially automate staging testing by generating a sequence of > human verifiable views, with the goal of making sure my app views/css/ > 3rd-party javascript etc. are drawing the way they ought to in more > complicated scenarios. While back end code can easily be tested > with TestClient, failures in the 'final mile' of rendering are really > annoying. > > It would be nice to have a 'view test mode' that allows a tester to > click through a series of database configuration / URL pairs in a > relatively painless way. > > Is there a standard way of doing this, or any existing modules I could > use to achieve this? > > Jennifer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
automated testing: how to generate human-verifiable views?
Hi, I'm trying to figure out the best way of doing something I'd like to partially automate staging testing by generating a sequence of human verifiable views, with the goal of making sure my app views/css/ 3rd-party javascript etc. are drawing the way they ought to in more complicated scenarios.While back end code can easily be tested with TestClient, failures in the 'final mile' of rendering are really annoying. It would be nice to have a 'view test mode' that allows a tester to click through a series of database configuration / URL pairs in a relatively painless way. Is there a standard way of doing this, or any existing modules I could use to achieve this? Jennifer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
