[Zope3-dev] functional_tests

[Jim Fulton]

Garrett Smith wrote:
> The files in the functional_tests look very intriguing. Are these being 
> used?

No, They really should be deleted for now.

> Is there a future for these types of tests in X3?

Yes. See: http://cvs.zope.org/Packages/FunctionalTests/

This is a function test framework that uses tcpwatch,
http://cvs.zope.org/Packages/tcpwatch/, to record web interactions
and play them back for testing.

The main differences from ftests:

- Use of tcpwatch to record requests.  It would be very nice
   to write something that coverted a tcpwatch log to ftests.

= Testing is totally external. The test process is outside
   the Zope process. This has advantages and disadvantages.
   They test the enitre system, while ftests bypass the server.
   On the other hand, these functional tests are far harder to run.

Jim

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