Hi,
Since we really need to have automated tests for the new WYSIWYG from
the onset here are some ideas I'd like to have:
1) It should use Selenium and we need to run it on different browsers
(FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8 minimum).
2) We need to develop a complete DSL for entering data in the editor
(typeText, moveCursorLeft, clickBold, insertLink, etc). These commands
sent in the test should be independent of the editor technology, which
means I should be able to run the same test in the current TinyMCE
editor or in the new GWT editor or in any future editor. This is
important so that we can capitalize on our editor test suite.
Note: The goal is not to run the tests on the Tiny MCE editor
(although that would be possible) but more to ensure that our tests
are as solid as possible for the future and as easy to write as
possible.
3) As a consequence the asserts done in the test should be on the
generated XHTML (i.e. including the HTMLCleaner for the GWT editor)
since otherwise there would be too many differences between editors.
4) Each editor should have its test suite where it can specify which
test to run (since some features are available in the new GWT editor
for ex but not in the tinyMCE one)
5) Writing a new test should take less than 5 minutes without even the
need to run the test in the editor to prepare it. This means the DSL
should be simple and expressive. For example here's an example of a
test:
testVerifyCanDeleteList()
{
typeText("a");
selectBulletedList();
moveCursorLeft();
typeBackspace();
assertXHTML("<p>a</p>");
}
Note: This test is not taken at random since it currently doesn't
pass ;)
6) Tests must be deterministic (i.e each action should verify that the
action has worked before continuing. For example a typeText should
have a wait on the type text in the page)
WDYT?
Thanks
-Vincent
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