[TFUI] Re: [agile-testing] unit testing a web UI

Steve Eichert wrote:

> With the "view" and "controller" residing outside of the web
> application I can use my normal testing strategies to ensure each
> works as expected.  However, I'm still left with a web form (in .NET
> apps) that have a bunch of controls and other behavior which isn't
> being tested.  I've played around with NUnitAsp as a possible
> solution, but, it doesn't allow me to test things the way I feel is
> necessary.  I have no way to verify that my web app implements the
> necessary interfaces and I have no way to test that the implementation
> of the interface is correct.  For example the web page might return
> the lastName.Text when I ask for First Name.  The other problem is
> that I don't have a good way to setup "state" for the web pages that
> I'm testing.  What if I want my web app to use a Mock Repository, or a
> different database?
>
> How are you unit testing your web UI's?

The great thing about HTTP is it forms an undeniable interface right in the
middle of your GUI layer.

Test-first it by emulating a web browser:

    http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?HttpUnitTutorial

Next, you can drive Internet Explorer's DOM objects thru Automation, so you
can also write tests that drive IE to hit your site, click on controls, etc.

-- 
  Phlip
  http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces



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