On Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:30:47 AM UTC-7, mc060200778 wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to find out the way that *how to continue test cases
> execution on error*. Right now test case execution stops as soon some
> error encounter during test execution.
> I am using Watir Test/Unit framework.
>
> Any comments please?
>
Are all your tests just a series of steps in order all inside a single test
method? This is a common mistake for people who try to use unit test
frameworks for functional testing. If your test looks something like the
following, then this is likely your problem
class TestMyAppWithWatir < Test::Unit::TestCase
def setup
@browser = Watir::Browser.new
end
def my_test_script
a very long series of steps here...
I mean really really long...
end
end
This problem is reflective of a bad habit, often learned from tools like
Selenium IDE or various flavors of mercury poisoning (qtp etc), of creating
'tests' based on recording manual tests, often a long series of them, in
order.. e.g. create a user, log in, do x, do y, do z that uses the thing
your created in y, delete y, etc. It's really a series of multiple tests,
all in one script and often referred to as if it was a single 'test'
First of all, bad way to do automation. a good automated test ought to be
atomic, create any data it needs, clean up after itself, be able to be run
in isolation, or with other tests in any order, or in parallel with other
tests.
Unit test frameworks presume tests designed like that, and if ANYTHING
generates an error when running a test, that test is failed the result
recorded, and the framework moves on to the next test.
If you are using a unit test framework, design your tests to meet the
above, and define each one as it's own test inside that class. it is
REALLY important you not expect these to run in the order listed btw.. make
each one independent. So you'd have LOTS of little things like
def user_can_login
blahhh
end
def can_search_for_item
blahhh
end
etc etc
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