In a typical setup, you would use HtmlUnit: http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/
<http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/>I've heard conflicting reports regarding whether or not it works in App Engine out of the box. If you give this a try, can you email the group and let us know if it works as well as any configuration needed? I've been wanting to investigate this myself but it hasn't been high on my list. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Adrian B <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for the reply. > > I'm not looking into testing actual user interaction (or JavaScript > for that matter). I have some JSP pages that output HTML with minimum > formatting, and that's what I want to test right now. The ideal > solution would be something like: > 1. Create and persist a new entity of a particular type > 2. Check that the entity is retrieved by a method > 3. Check that the entity is visible in the UI (just parse the simple > HTML). > > The question is what would be the best setup to manipulate the > datastore and request pages in the same test session? > > On Apr 2, 7:53 pm, Ikai Lan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are you looking to test the servlets or to do a full-stack integration > test > > that also involves executing Javascript? I'd recommend Selenium: > > > > http://seleniumhq.org/ > > > > <http://seleniumhq.org/>Just note that the more components you test in a > > single suite, the more brittle your tests will be. Selenium tests will > give > > you the most confidence, but they're also the most work to maintain. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Adrian B <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Is there a way to combine datastore testing with local HTTP requests > > > so that you simultaneously validate the state of the datastore and the > > > way the data is displayed to the user? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]><google-appengine-java%2B > [email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Ikai Lan > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Enginehttp:// > googleappengine.blogspot.com|http://twitter.com/app_engine > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine http://googleappengine.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/app_engine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
