Arne Blankerts – part of thePHP.cc, premium PHP consulting and training.
- Selenium is a java based portable testing framework.
- Seleniumm RC runs any browser supported by the framework, firefox, opera, etc
- Can operate/execute ANY browser available on the host machine
- On Linux, have to tweak how process is shutdown.
- Selenium IDE – extension for Firefox to Create and Edit Tests. Can record clicks instead of writign code.
- Seleniumm RC runs any browser supported by the framework, firefox, opera, etc
- Where to use it?
- Acceptance/Integration Tests – test behaviors in the browser.
- Compatibility Tests – test that new functions work across browsers/versions
- Monitoring – you can record behavior and trigger events.
- Can test that, for example, your registration form actually works not just makes the page available.
- Test case recording for Bugreports.
- Provide more detailed, reproduceable bug reports.
- Development – automate filling out forms during development.
- Selenium does not replace unit testing or other forms of testing.
- Useful RC options
- -port alternate listening port
- -log save console output to logfile
- -debug more trace output
- -timeout seconds to wait before giving up on a test
- -html run a single standalone test
- Selenium Tests
- Written in browser independent JavaScript based DSL
- Same test can run on any OS with Java runtime and many browsers
- Firefox 2+, Internet Explorer 6+, Opera 8+, Webkit from Safari 2+
- Can write tests using PHP as well.
- Can test for presence of elements – seems to use XPath to select elements, but you can use other notations.
- Pretty powerful selectors for finding elements.
Talk derailed a bigt by technical difficulties, but provided a good introduction into selenium.