Re: [Webware-discuss] Puffin: Testing Framework for Webware

[Ian B. <ia...@co...>]

On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 19:26, A. Keyton Weissinger wrote:
> I know that webware doesn't come with a testing framework. As such, Chuck
> suggested that it would be ok if I promote my project, Puffin
> (http://puffin.sourceforge.net), in this forum.

You're site looks strangely familiar... :)

I was working on some testing stuff a while ago, which I've put on the
back burner for a bit.  It was different than Puffin, in that you would
just set it up (it worked with Webware adapters, which is easier than an
HTTP proxy you'd otherwise have to use).  Then you just use the website
with your actions recorded.  You can automatically replay the events,
and see if you get the same results.  Of course you have to reset any
persistent state if you really expect to get the same results back.

I never smoothed out the rough parts and haven't released it, but maybe
there's some overlap with Puffin.  The record/replay part is pretty
straight-forward, but comparing results and reporting on those results
is a bit more subtle.  I wasn't sure if Puffin did page-based
comparisons, or whether you indicated what you were expecting to see --
page-based comparisons are easy to setup, but fragile with respect to
changes in page design or interface.  Does Puffin address some of these
issues?

  Ian