[Seaside] Pharo/Seaside UI testing

Sven Van Caekenberghe sven at beta9.be
Fri Jan 21 11:02:50 UTC 2011


On 20 Jan 2011, at 22:01, Tony Fleig wrote:

> Thanks Sven!
> 
> I have updated my test code and uploaded the new version to Squeaksource and updated the blog entry to reflect the changes as well.

Great!

> I'll look at using the Zinc Seaside adaptor was well.
> (It'd be nice to have the tests run regardless of whether there was already a Seaside server up and running.)

Here you go (all instance methods on TLTest):

I removed the port inst var and #port and #port:. (existingPort and wasRunning could also be removed)	

I added a server instance variable and #server and #server:.

#seasideAdaptorClass
	^ ZnZincSeasideAdaptor

#baseUrl
	^ 'http://localhost:', self server port asString

#setUp
	self server: (self seasideAdaptorClass port: 12345) start.		
	self assert: (self server isRunning ) description: 'This test needs a Seaside server.'.
	"..."

#tearDown
	"..."
	self server unregister

The only 'disadvantage' is that the server is started/stopped for each test (method) but that is part of the idea of SUnit (start each test with fresh objects). I believe there exists something like a shared testing resource but I have never used it.

Regards,

Sven

PS: some other constructive remarks: 

- it is better to move the unit tests and related code (like the test app) to a testing package (your test suite is big enough to stand on its own, it gives users the option to skip the tests in deploy images, unclutters the packages, besides, the automatic app install in not always wanted)

- the documentation workspace is very impressive, however opening it automatically is a deal breaker on headless images (where one can load newer versions using MC and a web interface)






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