A javascript testing framework is most desirable. Thanks for your work so far - what can we do?
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Julien Phalip <jpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sean, > > On Jun 18, 4:24 am, Sean Bleier <seble...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> A couple months ago I started work on a django branch [1] (with the help of >> @jezdez) that introduces a framework for writing javascript unit tests using >> QUnit[2]. I started with QUnit because Django already included jQuery in >> the admin and seemed like a natural extension, but it would be nice to hear >> opinions from people that know more about javascript testing than I. >> >> Since I haven't touch it in a couple months, I thought I would share it with >> django-developers to get some more eyes on it and discuss any missing >> features or implementation details. It also be nice if Idan or any other >> designery person could look it over and give some UI/UX advice. >> >> Just to give a overview, the javascript testing framework is initiated by >> first collecting static media and then starting a special runserver: >> >> ./manage.py collectstatic >> ./manage.py jstest >> >> This starts a runserver that collects and serves everything you need to run >> the javascript tests found within an installed app. More detail can be found >> in these preliminary docs[3], though they need to be moved into their proper >> place within the docs directory. >> >> I'm hoping we can figure out a way forward so that we can start writing >> tests for the admin and elsewhere. >> >> Cheers, >> >> --Sean >> >> [1]https://github.com/sebleier/django/tree/qunit >> [2]http://docs.jquery.com/Qunit >> [3]https://github.com/sebleier/django/blob/qunit/django/test/javascript/... > > Thanks a lot for working on this. Django is in dire need of a solid > javascript test framework. > > I've actually been looking at this branch a few weeks ago and it's > looking very promising! I had a few remarks and questions. > > Do you have any specific plans for testing the admin *interface*? My > main concern is that to properly test complex interactions (e.g. > dynamically adding or removing admin inlines), you would need to have > a DOM based on the up-to-date admin templates and on some test data. > Is it envisaged to plug the QUnit test platform in with a running > instance of Django that would supply admin pages on the fly, or > perhaps to introduce a management command that would generate HTML > files using the up-to-date admin codebase? > > Also, one curse of javascript is that it doesn't always behave quite > the same on all browsers. It would be absolutely awesome if the > process of testing on multiple platforms and browsers could be > automated in a CI environment. The Mozilla guys have done some work in > that area: https://github.com/kumar303/jstestnet -- I haven't tried it > myself yet. Do you think this could be looked into for Django itself? > > Then, as currently in your branch, QUnit tests are expected to be put > in a "tests/javascript/" folder. Does it mean that the same folder > structure can be used to run other types of JS test runners? If not, > would it be best to use a more explicit structure and require that > tests be put in, for example, "tests/qunit/", in order to leave the > room for other JS test runners to be supported in the future? > > Finally, a ticket has recently been created in Trac for this: > https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16193 -- 'mbraak' posted a patch > with a few simple tests for the admin JS. It'd be great to see how > both your works integrate. > > Thanks again, this is awesome! > > Julien > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > > -- Justin Holmes Head Instructor, SlashRoot Collective SlashRoot: Coffee House and Tech Dojo 60 Main Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845.633.8330 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
