I have the similar kind mechanism used in my application. Model-View-ControllerI am already doing similar to what you have suggested in your article. Behaviour in controller. But wanted to verify attachment of listeners and Widgets done in WidgetFactory. I will use selenium for this type of testing.
Thanks for the inputs. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Daniel Wellman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, the event propagation system doesn't work in > GWTTestCase - so that means you can't send a click() message to a > Button and expect the registered ClickListeners to be notified. This > means you wouldn't be able to test clicking on an Anchor in a test and > verifying any resulting behavior, even if Anchor supported such a > method - which I'm not sure it does. > > I'd recommend moving all the behavior out of any anonymous > ClickListeners and put them onto a "controller" or "presenter" object, > then unit test those classes using standard JUnit test cases. You > won't be able to verify the callbacks are wired to the correct object, > but in my experience that was easiest to check with some manual > exploratory testing, or some very basic Selenium tests to exercise the > system (without going into exhaustive scenario tests, since these were > easier to test with unit tests). > > I've written about my experiences with testing GWT applications here, > if it's helpful: > > http://blog.danielwellman.com/2008/11/test-first-gwt-article-in-november-2008-better-software-magazine.html > > Cheers, > Dan > > On Jan 30, 9:20 am, hpgabbar <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using GWTTestCase only, but for elements like Anchor, i am not > > able to find a way to fire a click. on button i could do that. > > I want to know, whether GWT provides a way a programmatic equivalent > > of the user clicking the anchor. It is there for Button. > > > > On Jan 30, 3:23 am, danox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The GWT has a test framework that is built on JUnit. Essentially you > > > create tests and you can then test your widgets as java objects in > > > your test case. The GWT test case will load up hosted mode under the > > > covers and run your tests in a GWT environment. A quick read over the > > > GWT docs should get you started: > http://code.google.com/intl/da/docreader/#p=google-web-toolkit-doc-1-... > > > > > On Jan 30, 4:10 am, GWTDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am new to GWT. I wanted to know effective way of testing widgets > > > > like button, listbox, checkbox, anchor, textbox etc. > > > > I have created a widget factory to create these widgets and attach > > > > given listeners. > > > > > > when i tried writing unit tests, i was facing problems with anchor > > > > element's clicks. Before i jump into selenium to write these tests, > > > > i wanted to know the effective way of testing these widgets. I want > to > > > > keep selenium only for testing UI Layout/styles/component placements. > > > > > > Your inputs are highly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" 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-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
