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Domain oriented approach for writing functional tests #221

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Something for the wishlist:
An abstration would be nice to write tests in a more domain specific and
business oriented scope. This means writing tests is not limited to just
writing the technical stuff we all know and love about FEST. Additionally
another indirection would be helpful to write tests specifying the
functionality of the application describing the features in a business scope.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by michael....@googlemail.com on 23 Oct 2008 at 11:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Michael,

I really like the idea! I'm afraid I don't completely understand what this task
involves :)

An example will help me understand it better :D

-Alex

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2008 at 1:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I mean an abstraction layer customers and domain experts can work with -- 
something
equal to "Fit" but perhaps even more sophisticated. Look here:
http://devoxx.com/display/JV08/Agile+Testing+of+Java+Rich+Clients%2C+with+Fit%2C
+FEST+and+TestNG

Looking forward to collaborating more on this topic..

Michael

Original comment by michael....@googlemail.com on 26 Oct 2008 at 11:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
That is totally awesome news! Many thanks for including FEST in your talk! We 
are
honored! :)

Yes! I like the idea to have something like Fit. I used Fit/Fitnesse a couple of
years ago and it worked. But, if something went wrong, it was a real PITA to 
debug.
It was time consuming to figure out if the problem was in our code or in the 
custom
Fit fixtures. I think that, together, we can come with something better! :)

Many thanks!

Cheers,
-Alex

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2008 at 4:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
wonderful, so let's analyse what would make sense and what is possible. Looking
forward being a contributor on this. Perhaps we can build up a companion 
framework
which serves as a domain based, easy to use abstraction ..

Original comment by michael....@googlemail.com on 26 Oct 2008 at 4:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
It sounds like a good start point! We can either create it as a separate 
project or
as a module in the FEST project...whatever makes more sense1

I'm very excited about this idea! :)

-Alex

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2008 at 5:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Set the module as a label, instead of being part of the title.

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2008 at 5:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi I am already using a GUI Test DSL in our project (Warehouse management 
system)
using Groovy, see below an example (the DSL is written in german, sorry ;-) 
testcase
(and setup):
   @Before
   void setUp() {
           cobra = Cobra.login_as("user", "secret")         
           cobra.warehouse = Cobra.LOEHNE
   }   
   @Test
   void testSonstigeContainerErfassenUndAuslageren() {
       cobra.sonstige_container().
           erfasse("123456").
           fuer([
              [Artikel: "11252", Menge: "1"], 
              [Artikel: "11252", Größe: "40", Menge: "1"] 
           ]).
           abschliessen()
       def win = cobra.auslagerungsauftrag().
           erzeuge("123123").
           fuer([
                  [Artikel: "11252", Menge: "1"], 
                  [Artikel: "11252", Größe: "40", Menge: "1"] 
           ]).
           abschliessen()
       def my_vorgang = win.value_of.vorgang   
       cobra.auslagerung().
            ausloesen().
            fuer([
               [Vorgang: my_vorgang]
            ]).
            abschliessen("Warenausgang")
       cobra.vorgang().
            fuer(my_vorgang).
            abschliessen()
   }   

This testcase is build on a couple of DSL classes which relate to a 
screen/frame.
Each such class has business methods to deal with business actions. As you can 
see
above the scenario is composed of 4 steps for which each step consists of at 
least 3
substeps. Below you see an example DSL class:

public class Vorgang extends GFrameFixture{

    Vorgang(){
        super("Vorgang abschließen.*", true)
        set_fixtures (
           txt_vorgang : {textbox(label:"Vorgang:")},
           txt_datum   : {textbox(label:"Datum:")}
        )
    }
    def fuer(vorgang) {
        txt_vorgang.enterText(vorgang)
        pressAndReleaseKey(key_enter)
        txt_datum.requireText(String.format('%td.%<tm.%<tY', new Date()))
        return this
    }
    def abschliessen() {
        select_menu "Aktion", "Vorgang abschließen"
        select_menu "Datei", "Schließen"       
        return this
    }
}

I have written a small Groovy framework based on FEST to leverage my DSL 
classes. See
the constructor, this relates the current visible frame with provided title 
(using a
regular expression). Next it defines which gui components will be properties of 
this
class like 'txt_vorgang' is a textbox. I have extended the textbox(...) 
functionality
to deal with maps to match on jtext* properties. Also I have added the 'label'
feature to identify a textbox based on a label nearby which matches a regular
expression (Since in my project no .name properties are being set :-).

There are more features like dynamically add or selecting rows on a table using 
lists
and maps....

Original comment by Michel.L...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2008 at 9:19

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Michel,

Very nice indeed!! The DSL looks really cool!! Would you be interested in
contributing your Groovy DSL work to the project? :)

I also like the idea of identifying a component by its associated label. I 
think it
would be a good idea to add a Matcher in FEST that does exactly that! I'll file 
an
enhancement request.

Thanks,
-Alex

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2008 at 1:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Issue migrated to http://kenai.com/jira/browse/FEST-47

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 15 Feb 2009 at 5:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Issue migrated to http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/FEST-51

Original comment by Alex.Rui...@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2009 at 8:08