http://webtest.canoo.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:29 AM Subject: Re: Tools for Testing
> Dirk Behrendt wrote: > > There are tools for automatic testing the Struts application? > > As mentioned the Struts TestCase on SourceForge is a Struts specific > tool. It does a good job of directly testing the Struts internals, but > to test it all you sometimes need to get Cactus running as well. Not a > big deal, but it's one more thing to do. > > (We should really integrate this with the Struts core one of these days, > so Daryl would have to scramble so hard to keep up, and Cactus would be > less of an issue.) > > Though, my favorite approach is to do conventional unit testing of the > business objects, and then use Canoo WebTest <http://canoo.webtest.com> > on the front end. > > Canoo can't dig deep into the Struts internals the way Struts TestCase > can, but it can test that you're pages are rendering and that the pages > you expect render, all at the same time. It does need to key on more of > the UI artifacts than Struts TestCase, but since it's configured from an > XML file, it's much easier to keep it up to date. You need to have a web > server running, but the tests execute *very* quickly. > > If you're using Struts as an thin adaptor between your business layer > and server pages, then JUnit and Canoo may be all you need. Though, > complex Struts applications can still benefit from Struts TestCase. > > HTH, Ted. > > -- > Ted Husted, > Junit in Action - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>, > Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>, > JSP Site Design - <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1861005512>. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
