Testing Web Apps With Scripting Languages Mark Rees
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Testing Web Applications with Scripting Languages
Mark ReesCentury Software
twill
Simple language for web browsing Stress tester Web site tester http://code.google.com/p/twill
twill-sh
Interactive shell twill-sh
Scripted browsing twill-sh -u http://localhost:8087
Record twill scripts with scotch
twill-fork
Scripted stress testing twill-fork -n 100 -p 5 test-wiki.twill
twill - unit testing
twill-sh process directory of tests twill master run script Python unit test framework
twill – other features
Supports authentication Debug helpers Extended with user defined commands Handles “bad” html “in-process” wsgi support
twill – the cons
Advanced usage requires python skills It knows nothing about javascript
selenium
Test web apps from within the browser Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
ie6+, firefox 0.8-3.0, mozilla 1.6+, safari, opera 8+, chrome
http://www.openqa.org/selenium
Selenium Core
Uses javascript & iframes to embed test engine Core must be installed on webserver under test
Selenium IDE
Firefox extension Gets round core limitations Saves tests as
html or ruby ide scripts Selenium RC run scripts in
Java, C#, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Selenium Remote Control
Allows auto web ui testing with any language 2 components
Selenium server, written in java Drivers for languages including python and
ruby
Selenium: how it works
Other options
Watir http://www.openqa.org/watir Watij http://www.openqa.org/watij Floyd http://www.openqa.org/floya HttpUnit http://httpunit.sf.net Sahi http://sahi.co.in/w/ WebDriver http://code.google.com/p/webdriver
WebDriver
One day will be part of selenium 2.0 Drives the browser using best native method Java & Python bindings
Questions
code:test-rst2html.twill
go http://localhost:8081/rst2htmlformvalue 1 text hellosubmitfind "hello"backfollow "Home"
code:test-rst2html-debug.twill
debug http 1go http://localhost:8081/rst2htmlformvalue 1 text hellosubmitfind "hello"backfollow "Home"