#34184: Improve tutorial by mentioning User Interaction testing like
django-webtest
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Reporter: Kees Hink | Owner: nobody
Type: New feature | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: 4.1
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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Maybe the tutorial chapter about testing
(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/intro/tutorial05/) could be
improved a bit by adding a reference to User Interaction testing, as
provided for example by https://github.com/django-webtest/django-webtest.
One example where Django's TestCase is not super well suited is a form
submit. Yes, it's possible to craft a POST request, but it's not
guaranteed that a form will actually submit the same data.
Webtest allows user-like interaction by clicking items in a page, filling
out a form and submitting it, and following redirects.
In my opinion it's very valuable for comprehensive testing, and i think
our tutorial would improve if we mention it.
One could argue that Selenium (which is referenced on the page under
"Further testing") could be used to achieve this, but that is more work to
set up, and slower. (I do think Selenium / Playwright) has its place in
other scenarios.) If it's about testing a form submit, no JavaScript, then
webtest is more suitable, and very similar to Django's TestCase.
If this is a good idea, i'm happy to make a proposal PR.
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