Yes, you can use Grinder to perform some basic functional testing. However, Grinder simply cannot mimic the full fidelity of Internet Explorer or Firefox (i.e. when handling JavaScript, CSS, etc). In my opinion, Selenium is more suited for this type of web-based functional testing. Check it out -- it's a pretty cool project.
Konstantin Ignatyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/25/2005 10:50:54 PM: > Do not know about Selenium, but Grinder works > perfectly for me for functional testing (for example > CRUD + Search functionality): > 1. I write down test sceleton with TCPProxy > http://grinder.sourceforge.net/g3/tcpproxy.html > 2. Then change few Jython lines to do what I want, for > example I use regexp (RE) to find ID of newly created > object/record and then use that ID for object > deletion. > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In my opinion, Grinder is more of a performance/load > > testing tool. > > However, the combination of Grinder and Selenium > > make a powerful testing > > suite. > > > > Konstantin Ignatyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on > > 07/25/2005 07:26:13 > > PM: > > > > > I suggest TheGrinder > > > (http://grinder.sourceforge.net/), which is > > very-very > > > nice full-featured wrapper around httpunit. > > > > > > Unit testing, black box testing, performance > > testing - > > > it does all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Kevin Menard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Well, I hope this doesn't turn out as bad as > > > > hibernate VS > > > > cayenne ;-) I'm looking into unit testing my > > webapp > > > > and I'm trying > > > > to decide between these two. htmlunit seems to > > be > > > > more full- > > > > featured, but also way more verbose (looks like > > a > > > > lot of casting). > > > > jwebunit seems simpler to use, but lacks stuff > > such > > > > as JS handling > > > > (is this all that useful anyway?). > > > > > > > > Other than that, the only thing I've noticed is > > that > > > > jwebunit is > > > > about 25% the size of htmlunit and that the > > former > > > > hasn't had a > > > > release in over a year. Both of these > > observations > > > > really mean > > > > little though. > > > > > > > > Does anyone happen to have experience with > > these? > > > > Is one better > > > > suited for Tapestry development than the other? > > I > > > > realize that to a > > > > certain degree, personal preference for APIs > > plays a > > > > role, so to help > > > > out in those regards, I'm a Tapestry + Cayenne > > guy. > > > > > > > > Any info is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Konstantin Ignatyev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PS: If this is a typical day on planet earth, > > humans will add > > > fifteen million tons of carbon to the atmosphere, > > destroy 115 square > > > miles of tropical rainforest, create seventy-two > > miles of desert, > > > eliminate between forty to one hundred species, > > erode seventy-one > > > million tons of topsoil, add 2,700 tons of CFCs to > > the stratosphere, > > > and increase their population by 263,000 > > > > > > Bowers, C.A. The Culture of Denial: Why the > > Environmental Movement > > > Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and > > Public Schools. New > > > York: State University of New York Press, 1997: > > (4) (5) (p.206) > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Konstantin Ignatyev > > > > > PS: If this is a typical day on planet earth, humans will add > fifteen million tons of carbon to the atmosphere, destroy 115 square > miles of tropical rainforest, create seventy-two miles of desert, > eliminate between forty to one hundred species, erode seventy-one > million tons of topsoil, add 2,700 tons of CFCs to the stratosphere, > and increase their population by 263,000 > > Bowers, C.A. The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement > Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and Public Schools. New > York: State University of New York Press, 1997: (4) (5) (p.206) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
