[Zope] Idea: ZTest: Integrated Use-case based web site testin g.

[Jay, Dylan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Staubo [mailto:alex@mop.no]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 16:54
> To: Zope Mailing List (E-mail); 'Jay, Dylan'
> Subject: RE: [Zope] Idea: ZTest: Integrated Use-case based web site
> testin g.
> 
> 
> Aside: Do you really need this within Zope if you can run a ZClient
> script with chron? While a scheduler within Zope isn't a bad idea, the
> infrastructure -- at least on Unix and NT -- is already there.

1) Cross-platform - same interface for all platforms.
2) Programmable from within Zope - A request to a page results in a action
being scheduled for 12pm that night. Of course you can do this with an
external method but if its a feature a lot of people want then make it easy.
3) Ability to do things internal to Zope. ie without having to worry about
breaching security etc.
4) ColdFusion has it... I think.

 
> -- 
> Alexander Staubo             http://www.mop.no/~alex/
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> --S. J. Perelman
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay, Dylan [mailto:djay@lucent.com]
> > Sent: 27. august 1999 03:37
> > To: 'zope@zope.org'
> > Subject: [Zope] Idea: ZTest: Integrated Use-case based web 
> > site testing.
> > 
> > 
> > To much caffeine and some morning reading
> > (http://www.rational.com/products/rup/prodinfo/whitepapers/dyn
> > amic.jtmpl?doc
> > _key=101057) has given me a bit of a brainwave.
> > When building complex dynamic site testing is very important. 
> > I've created
> > use-cases and test plans for my web-site. I've investigated 
> > automatic site
> > testing tools a little bit but have found them a) expensive 
> > b) not very good
> > when it comes to testing dynamic content and getting past 
> > authentication.
> > What if a Zope site could test it self regularly and just 
> > mail the webmaster
> > when something is wrong?
> > 
> > So what I envisage is test-case objects that have a 
> specification of a
> > certain scenario and expected results. It would be a series 
> > of URLs with
> > parameters to be given and a specification of what the 
> > requested page should
> > look like. Since this is internal to Zope then some 
> > information about what
> > is interesting and what is not can probably be leveraged. 
> > Such ZTestCase
> > objects can be created either by instrumenting the site and  
> > then the you
> > step through the pages or can be edited manually. Specified 
> > code could be
> > executed  before and/or after each test case to set and reset test
> > conditions. ZTestRun objects can then be created which 
> > specify a whole range
> > of test-cases to run. 
> > 
> > Another idea I had involves the creation of a scheduler 
> > inside Zope so that
> > specified Zope code could be executed in the future or periodically.
> > Caching, indexing, retrieving external data, backup etc and of corse
> > scheduling running of test cases.
> > 
> > Unfortunately for me I seem to have way more ideas than I 
> > have time so I
> > don't know when I would get time to try implementing it so I 
> > thought I'd
> > bounce it out into the community to see what others thought.
> > 
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