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Re: [Simpletest-support] Running Simpletest in Quercus?

[Pete S. <cab...@gm...>]

Hi yeah I saw this in jan when trying the same thing inside resin  
quercus I worked out that it was quercus lacking support for multiple  
interface implementation I asked them and they said they knew but  
didn't know when it would get fixed so we decided not to use resin or  
quercus

Hope that helps

Pete
Irc: cabbiepete
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On 22 May 2009, at 19:29, Larry <lle...@xc...> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm a newcomer to both simpletest and php, but I have a lot of Java
> experience.  I'm trying to execute a simpletest unit test to run  
> inside
> of Jboss using the Quercus container.  The test runs just fine from  
> the
> linux command line, but when I try to run it inside quercus, I get the
> message Fail: -> Bad TestSuite [UserServiceImplTest.php] with error  
> [No
> runnable test cases in [UserServiceImplTest.php]]
>
> Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Larry
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[Simpletest-support] Running Simpletest in Quercus?

[Larry <lle...@xc...>]

Hi

I'm a newcomer to both simpletest and php, but I have a lot of Java
experience.  I'm trying to execute a simpletest unit test to run inside
of Jboss using the Quercus container.  The test runs just fine from the
linux command line, but when I try to run it inside quercus, I get the
message Fail: -> Bad TestSuite [UserServiceImplTest.php] with error [No
runnable test cases in [UserServiceImplTest.php]]

Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks in advance

Larry

Re: [Simpletest-support] possible Simpletest/WebTestCase post problem - how to debug?

[Christoph B. <ber...@ne...>]

Thanks, Marcus.
With that, and after
$this->setMaximumRedirects(0);
since  /edit-form.php redirects to /index.php
I can see what's being posted, which - curiously - looked fine. More
investigation revealed programmer error, feh.

Grateful for the quick turnaround. simpletest is remarkably useful.

Chris



On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Marcus Baker <ma...@wo...>wrote:

> Hi...
>
> Christoph Berendes wrote:
> > Is there some way to see the contents of the POST as Simpletest submits
> it?
>
> Just after the page fetch, just issue $this->showRequest(). You can
> see the response headers with $this->showHeaders().
>
> > Thanks.
>
> yours, Marcus
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Re: [Simpletest-support] possible Simpletest/WebTestCase post problem - how to debug?

[Marcus B. <ma...@wo...>]

Hi...

Christoph Berendes wrote:
> Is there some way to see the contents of the POST as Simpletest submits it?

Just after the page fetch, just issue $this->showRequest(). You can 
see the response headers with $this->showHeaders().

> Thanks.

yours, Marcus

[Simpletest-support] possible Simpletest/WebTestCase post problem - how to debug?

[Christoph B. <ber...@ne...>]

I'm testing a simple form with WebTestCase, and finding that values set in
text fields are sticking (making it to the backend), but that values set in
a text area and in a set of radio buttons (<input type="radio" name="rad"
value="val1"> <input type="radio" name="rad" value="val2">  etc) are not
making it to the backend.  These fields work as expected when I test the
form manually.

I see all the fields with this code

>        $this->assertTrue(
>
                $this->setField($fieldName,$fieldValue),
>
                ($fieldName." could not be set to ".$fieldValue)
>
               );
>
and the assertion succeeds on all fields.

Is there some way to see the contents of the POST as Simpletest submits it?
Thanks.

Re: [Simpletest-support] reading the SimpleTest Eclipse plugin code...

[Steven B. <ste...@gm...>]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Marcus Baker <ma...@wo...> wrote:
> Hi...

> Should we just stop supporting the Eclipse plug-in and remove it from the
> Sourceforge downloads?
>

Hello...

I vote for yes -- but people are still apparently using it (a bug gets
reported every few months).  Perhaps the best solution would be for me
to document clearly how to make Simpletest work with Eclipse using the
PDT (PHP development tools); then put those instructions onto the
website and at the very bottom mention the plugin as being available
but unsupported.

I don't have any qualms about continuing to provide support (e.g.
fixing bugs which get reported); I just find the other way of running
the Simpletests better for me (the biggest thing for me is the ability
to quickly and easily debug a test).

The plugin gives you the pretty green/red bar, and gives you the
ability to easily drill into the test failures (you just click the
test failure in the ui), and  some other features I am forgetting
about.

I had started working on a revamp of the plugin which made better use
of some of the hooks the PDT provided, but quickly came to the
realization that I could spend a month programming and only get a
little more value than the "Run As PHP"/"Debug As PHP" gave me.

Regards,
Steven Balthazor

Re: [Simpletest-support] submitFormByID/clicksubmitByName/etc - fetch the next page

[Marcus B. <ma...@wo...>]

Hi...

Daryle Dakis wrote:
> Hello. I am trying to automate our website registration and I need some
> help regarding fetching the next page after submitting the form. Here's the
> situation:

Sorry I've not been able to help yet. Been a bit snowed under at 
work and with kids.

yours, Marcus

Re: [Simpletest-support] reading the SimpleTest Eclipse plugin code...

[Marcus B. <ma...@wo...>]

Hi...

Steven Balthazor wrote:
> This is how I run my Simpletests now; I have stopped
> using the Simpletest plugin and simply put a
> require_once('autorun.php'); at the top of the test file and then I
> can right click on the file and select "Run As PHP Script" and the
> output from the testing shows up in the eclipse console -- easier to
> configure and it runs faster than the plugin.

Should we just stop supporting the Eclipse plug-in and remove it 
from the Sourceforge downloads?

> Regards,
> Steven Balthazor.

yours, Marcus

Re: [Simpletest-support] reading the SimpleTest Eclipse plugin code...

[Steven B. <ste...@gm...>]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Francesco Spegni
<fra...@gm...> wrote:
> Reading the Simpletest plugin code, then, i found something unclear. There
> is this piece of code:
>
>            SimpletestPlugin.logMessage("Running: ");
>            SimpletestPlugin.logMessage(xml);
>            SimpletestPlugin.logMessage("*************");
>            System.out.println(exec);
>            StringBuffer err=new StringBuffer();
>            StringBuffer out=new StringBuffer();
>
> (1)        StreamReaderThread outThread=new
> StreamReaderThread(phpProcess.getInputStream(),out);
>            StreamReaderThread errThread=new
> StreamReaderThread(phpProcess.getErrorStream(),err);
>            outThread.start();
>            errThread.start();
>
> The line that I've marked with (1) launch a thread which generates an
> IOException with message (Bad file descriptor). I'm wondering why are we
> reading from the phpProcess input. Shouldn't you _write_ in the STDIN of the
> process? Am I missing something?

You are misinterpreting the code.  That line is opening an inputstream
in java to read from the php STDOUT.  Php STDOUT is coming out of php
and into java.

Hope that helps.

On a side note, you might try just running PHPUnit tests directly from
Eclipse using the "Run As PHP Script" functionality which is embedded
with the Eclipse PDT (although I am not sure how to make that happen
for PHPUnit).  This is how I run my Simpletests now; I have stopped
using the Simpletest plugin and simply put a
require_once('autorun.php'); at the top of the test file and then I
can right click on the file and select "Run As PHP Script" and the
output from the testing shows up in the eclipse console -- easier to
configure and it runs faster than the plugin.  The other benefit of
running this way is that if you want to debug your test, when you
right click the test file you can click "Debug As PHP Script" instead
of "Run As".

Regards,
Steven Balthazor.

[Simpletest-support] reading the SimpleTest Eclipse plugin code...

[Francesco S. <fra...@gm...>]

hello there,

i'm reading the code of the simpletest plugin for eclipse in order to see
how to let it communicate with PHPUnit. the problem is that now PHPUnit2 is
outdated (if i've well understood) and then SimpleTest plugin for eclipse +
PHPUnit does not work anymore.

Reading the Simpletest plugin code, then, i found something unclear. There
is this piece of code:

            SimpletestPlugin.logMessage("Running: ");
            SimpletestPlugin.logMessage(xml);
            SimpletestPlugin.logMessage("*************");
            System.out.println(exec);
            StringBuffer err=new StringBuffer();
            StringBuffer out=new StringBuffer();

(1)        StreamReaderThread outThread=new
StreamReaderThread(phpProcess.getInputStream(),out);
            StreamReaderThread errThread=new
StreamReaderThread(phpProcess.getErrorStream(),err);
            outThread.start();
            errThread.start();

The line that I've marked with (1) launch a thread which generates an
IOException with message (Bad file descriptor). I'm wondering why are we
reading from the phpProcess input. Shouldn't you _write_ in the STDIN of the
process? Am I missing something?

Thank you for the help you could give me

Francesco

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[Simpletest-support] submitFormByID/clicksubmitByName/etc - fetch the next page

[Daryle D. <dar...@oc...>]

Hello. I am trying to automate our website registration and I need some
help regarding fetching the next page after submitting the form. Here's the
situation:

registration page: http://localhost/unit_testing/accounts/register
method=POST; action=same URL as above but with different contents if the
registration is successful.

So after filling up all the required fields (using simpletest of course)
and submitting the form, is there a way to fetch the succeeding page
automatically? I have done this but failed, and got the main registration
page, despite the fact that the registration is successful. Here's my
code:

$some_textbox_variable = 'some textbox values';

$this->get('http://localhost/unit_testing/accounts/register');

if ($this->assertText('some registration page text'))
{
$this->assertTrue($this->setFieldbyName('some_textbox_name',
$some_textbox_variable));

$this->assertTrue($this->submitFormById('RegisterForm'));
$this->getUrl();

if ($this->assertText('Registered')) //'Registered' is a text displayed
if the registration is successful.
{ echo '<br> Success <br><br>';}
else
{echo '<br> Error <br><br>';}
;
;
}
;


And when I replace $this->getUrl(); with
$this->get('http://localhost/unit_testing/accounts/register, it fetches the
main registration page and not the "registration complete" page (again,
both are under the same URL).

I hope somehow I made myself clear. Any help would be appreciated. Thank
you.

[Simpletest-support] Job in Paris - web tester

[Marie-Sophie L. <ms...@as...>]

Dear all,

 

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There is a  very exciting test position available for someone who knows
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field.

The company is looking for someone to be in charge of the qualification
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Ideally the tester can develop (PHP) and knows Symfony.

 

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Re: [Simpletest-support] compatibility question from twitter

[Manuel V. <man...@gm...>]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Jason Sweat <jsw...@ya...> wrote:
> https://twitter.com/arnaudlimbourg/status/1483133462
>
> #simpletest From now on, compatibility extends from PHP 5.0.5+. why bother with < 5.2 ?

Hello,

Because of some popular platforms that still ship PHP 5.1.6 (RHEL5 and co) ?

Manuel

[Simpletest-support] compatibility question from twitter

[Jason S. <jsw...@ya...>]

https://twitter.com/arnaudlimbourg/status/1483133462

#simpletest From now on, compatibility extends from PHP 5.0.5+. why bother with < 5.2 ?


      

Re: [Simpletest-support] How use simple test to check responses with xml

[Marcus B. <ma...@wo...>]

Hi...

Eduardo Garcia wrote:
> Because checking the test web module doesn't exist assets functions for 
> this kind of answer.

Underneath the SimpleBrowser class is something called SimpleUserAgent.
This has the get/post and header methods you need for XML-RPC, etc.

If you add an assert like this...

function assertJson($url, $expected) {
    $agent = new SimpleUserAgent();
    $this->assertIdentical($agent->get($url), $expected);
}

...I think this is close to what you want. If not, then let me know the
difference and we can go from there.

> 
> Best regards

yours, Marcus

Re: [Simpletest-support] How use simple test to check responses with xml

[tarjei <ta...@nu...>]

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Hi,
> 
> We have used a mix of the Web Test Cases and HTTP_Request (Pear) wrapped in
> a test helper for this. We did this because we are also testing XML-RPC and
> decided to use the XML-RPC lib http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/ and wrap
> this in a test case helper and this worked well.

Remember that JSON and XML are just representations. Webtests actually
mimmic what a browser does wrt to form submission following links etc.

Unless you got a client behaviour you need to emulate in spesific ways,
I would just create tests that do different types of asserts on these
formats.

For example:

function test_comandReturnsCustomerObjectInJson() {
	$command = new MyCMD();
 	$json = json_decode($command->execute());	
	$this->assertEquals($json['customer']->id, 3);
}

Regards,
Tarjei

> 
> We are trying to use the Web Test case more but it seems to be heavily
> orientated to HTML.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Pete
> irc: cabbiepete
> 
> 
> 2009/3/20 Eduardo Garcia <edu...@av...>
> 
>> Hello people
>>
>> I need to create some test unit for an specific API, but the answers are
>> provided using json or xml, someone could inform me what is the best
>> option to create assert for this kind of response.
>>
>> Because checking the test web module doesn't exist assets functions for
>> this kind of answer.
>>
>> Best regards
>> --
>>
>> *Eduardo Garcia*
>>
>> Web Developer
>>
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Re: [Simpletest-support] How use simple test to check responses with xml

[Peter S. <cab...@gm...>]

Hi,

For what it's worth.

We have used a mix of the Web Test Cases and HTTP_Request (Pear) wrapped in
a test helper for this. We did this because we are also testing XML-RPC and
decided to use the XML-RPC lib http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/ and wrap
this in a test case helper and this worked well.

We are trying to use the Web Test case more but it seems to be heavily
orientated to HTML.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Pete
irc: cabbiepete


2009/3/20 Eduardo Garcia <edu...@av...>

> Hello people
>
> I need to create some test unit for an specific API, but the answers are
> provided using json or xml, someone could inform me what is the best
> option to create assert for this kind of response.
>
> Because checking the test web module doesn't exist assets functions for
> this kind of answer.
>
> Best regards
> --
>
> *Eduardo Garcia*
>
> Web Developer
>
> Phone + 506.2.562.5000 ext 5097 | VoIP + 1.877.629.3682 ext 5097
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[Simpletest-support] How use simple test to check responses with xml

[Eduardo G. <edu...@av...>]

Hello people

I need to create some test unit for an specific API, but the answers are 
provided using json or xml, someone could inform me what is the best 
option to create assert for this kind of response.

Because checking the test web module doesn't exist assets functions for 
this kind of answer.

Best regards
-- 

*Eduardo Garcia*

Web Developer

Phone + 506.2.562.5000 ext 5097 | VoIP + 1.877.629.3682 ext 5097
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Re: [Simpletest-support] Web Testing with SimpleTest

[Perrick P. <pe...@no...>]

Your entries actually made it to the planet-php.fr (the french version). 
I don't really know how they got there but hey... the news is out.

http://www.planete-php.fr/

Thanks,
	Perrick



Noel Darlow wrote:
>> BTW as I am not familiar with the PHP world, how do you
>> think I could promote these articles and the
>> Test Automation newsletter a bit?
> 
> The php blog round-up http://www.planet-php.net/ will be read by many
> php-ers. You should be able to have yours added to the list.
> 
> It would be nice to see some more publicity for SimpleTest. I don't
> quite feel comfortable with PhpUnit apparently being the "de facto
> standard". I don't want to start some kind of petty war but learning is
> important and I think, uniquely, SimpleTest has a real test-infected
> culture surrounding it. There's a critical mass of knowledge which I'm
> not sure exists anywhere else in the world of php (perhaps I just
> missed it). This is very important for budding php programmers who want
> to learn about TDD.
> 
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Re: [Simpletest-support] Web Testing with SimpleTest

[Noel D. <ma...@mc...>]

> BTW as I am not familiar with the PHP world, how do you
> think I could promote these articles and the
> Test Automation newsletter a bit?

The php blog round-up http://www.planet-php.net/ will be read by many
php-ers. You should be able to have yours added to the list.

It would be nice to see some more publicity for SimpleTest. I don't
quite feel comfortable with PhpUnit apparently being the "de facto
standard". I don't want to start some kind of petty war but learning is
important and I think, uniquely, SimpleTest has a real test-infected
culture surrounding it. There's a critical mass of knowledge which I'm
not sure exists anywhere else in the world of php (perhaps I just
missed it). This is very important for budding php programmers who want
to learn about TDD.

Noel

Re: [Simpletest-support] Web Testing with SimpleTest

[Marcus B. <ma...@wo...>]

Hi...

Gabor Szabo wrote:
> BTW as I am not familiar with the PHP world, how do you
> think I could promote these articles and the
> Test Automation newsletter a bit?

Sitepoint would help, as would:
http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewforum.php?f=39

> regards
>     Gabor

yours, Marcus

Re: [Simpletest-support] Who is using SimpleTest?

[Perrick P. <pe...@no...>]

There used to be such a list. I'll have a look tomorrow to get it back 
on the web. I don't know where it's gone :-(

Yours,
	Perrick



Gabor Szabo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking at http://simpletest.org/ but could not find a list of
> projects using SimpleTest.
> 
> It would be great if you could point me to such list - I am mostly
> interested in
> Open Source projects - or if there is no such list if people here
> pointed out where
> are they using it?
> 
> It does not matter if the project is small, if it is open source
> I'd like to see how are you using it?
> 
> Gabor
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[Simpletest-support] Who is using SimpleTest?

[Gabor S. <sz...@gm...>]

Hi,

I was looking at http://simpletest.org/ but could not find a list of
projects using SimpleTest.

It would be great if you could point me to such list - I am mostly
interested in
Open Source projects - or if there is no such list if people here
pointed out where
are they using it?

It does not matter if the project is small, if it is open source
I'd like to see how are you using it?

Gabor

Re: [Simpletest-support] Web Testing with SimpleTest

[Gabor S. <sz...@gm...>]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Marcus Baker <ma...@wo...> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> Gabor Szabo wrote:
>> http://szabgab.com/blog/2009/03/1237128967.html
>>
>> Your comments are welcome!
>
> I'd normally write...

Great advice, many new things to incorporate in the next
article or just in the course material.
Thanks!

BTW as I am not familiar with the PHP world, how do you
think I could promote these articles and the
Test Automation newsletter a bit?


regards
    Gabor

Re: [Simpletest-support] Web Testing with SimpleTest

[Marcus B. <ma...@wo...>]

Hi...

Gabor Szabo wrote:
> http://szabgab.com/blog/2009/03/1237128967.html
> 
> Your comments are welcome!

I'd normally write...

class TestOfCalculator extends WebTestCase {
    function testBasicCalc() {
        $url = 'http://localhost:8081/php/calc/basic_calc.php';
        $this->assertTrue($this->get($url));
        $this->assertText('Basic Calculator');
        $this->assertTitle('Scientific Calculator');

        $this->assertField('a', '');
        $this->assertField('b', '');
        $this->assertNoText('Result:');
        $this->clickSubmit('Add');

        $this->assertTrue($this->clickSubmit('Add'));
        $this->assertText('Result:');
    }
}

...as...

class TestOfCalculator extends WebTestCase {
    function testCalculatorCanAddTwoNumbers() {
        $this->get($this->home() . 'calc/basic_calc.php'));
        $this->setField('a', 5);
        $this->setField('b', 9);
        $this->click('Add');
        $this->assertText('Result: 5+9=14');
    }

    function home() {
        return 'http://localhost:8081/php/';  // Usually smarter.
    }
}

Web tests are often used as acceptance tests. Having them "tell the
story" is really nice. So...

1) I moved the main domain out of the test. It also allows it to be
overridden on different machines using configuration or a script name
look-up.

2) The titles and stuff are really up to the graphic designer and
content author. You wouldn't want them to break your tests on every
writing whim. I tend to use assertTitle() to make sure things like
redirects are working, but not much else.

3) I've renamed the test into something that would appear on a
requirement. Anything not part of the requirement I've purged.

4) assertText() normalises whitespace into just a single space for
everything.

5) I tend to use click() for everything as it's the shortest.

As an aside there are some other more practical features that have a
"Wow!" factor for beginners, and everyone else trying to debug things...

* Any method that fetches a page - get(), post(), click*(), etc -
returns the raw HTML. Just put a "print" in front of the get() and
you'll see what I mean.

* showSource() shows the current content, and will escape it if you are
in the HtmlReporter.

* showRequest() and showHeaders() shows the outgoing and incoming
headers respectively.

You probably know this already, but I find that these get a great
response when I've been doing 1 on 1 demos.

> 
> Gabor

Anyway, thanks for the article :).

yours, Marcus

p.s. there is clickById() if you have labeled the buttons, and there
might be assertFieldById() to.