Find a suitable testing system

[hmil]

This is a "meta" issue to discuss possible testing solutions.

Needed:

• Test web APIs
• Integration tests (end-to-end)

Cool plus:

• Visual verification (like a page with screenshots of main pages)

Overkill:

• php unit testing

[christophetd]

I think CasperJS would be a great solution. It is focused on front-end testing and runs on PhantomJS which allows us to easily take screenshots. See official website and https://www.lullabot.com/articles/testing-the-front-end-with-casperjs for instance

[hmil]

91 provides a fine testing infrastructure. And has an integration test example.

Still need to write API test examples and to set up the visual verification thing (we may add a regular test case which does the screenshots but then we need to upload that somewhere from travis).

[hmil]

update: casperjs is not ideal for API testing, we should look for another framework. Also we need a way to authenticate test users if we want to write useful tests. see #92

[hmil]

That's set:

• casper for integration
• frisby for API
• margarita to fake tequila