Re: [testdrivendevelopment] How would you TDD a website front-end?

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Test the changes to the model, not the GUI itself.

On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 00:26 George Dinwiddie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Way back, I played with test-driving AWT and Java Swing UIs, starting
> with just jUnit. Given the availability of web driver libraries, you can
> do similar things much more easily.
>
> In general, I tested the GUI with a test API to make sure things were
> wired up correctly. I tested the actual API to make sure the system
> worked correctly.
>
> In
>
> https://github.com/gdinwiddie/EquineHoroscope/tree/master/src/test/java/com/gdinwiddie/equinehoroscope/acceptance
> you can see an example of re-using a test that drove the API creation to
> check the same result from the GUI by injecting a different adapter to
> talk with the system under test.
>
>   - George
>
> > Alan Baljeu
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Test the changes to the model, not the GUI itself.</div><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri,=
 Jan 3, 2020, 00:26 George Dinwiddie &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lists@idiacomput=
ing.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pad=
ding-left:1ex">Alan,<br>
<br>
Way back, I played with test-driving AWT and Java Swing UIs, starting <br>
with just jUnit. Given the availability of web driver libraries, you can <=
br>
do similar things much more easily.<br>
<br>
In general, I tested the GUI with a test API to make sure things were <br>
wired up correctly. I tested the actual API to make sure the system <br>
worked correctly.<br>
<br>
In <br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/gdinwiddie/EquineHoroscope/tree/master/src/t=
est/java/com/gdinwiddie/equinehoroscope/acceptance" rel=3D"noreferrer noref=
errer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/gdinwiddie/EquineHoroscope/tree=
/master/src/test/java/com/gdinwiddie/equinehoroscope/acceptance</a> <br>
you can see an example of re-using a test that drove the API creation to <=
br>
check the same result from the GUI by injecting a different adapter to <br=
>
talk with the system under test.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 - George<br>
<br>
&gt; Alan Baljeu<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer">[email protected]</a><br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
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