Albatross: Seaside scenario testing

> Andrea Brühlmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have developed a framework to quickly write scenario tests for  
>> Seaside applications. Albatross lets you write SUnit tests that  
>> run a Seaside component in an external web
> Hi,
>
> this sounds very cool, is it mac only?
>
> Keith
>
>
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> Download Albatross as a monticello package from
> http://www.squeaksource.com/Albatross.
> Required:
>
>    * Seaside
>    * FFI (from SqueakMap. Required for Squeak >=3.9)
>    * AppleScript (required for MacOS. From
> http://abrue.ab.funpic.de/albatross/Mac-Applescript.st (SM version with
> bugfix))
>    * ExternalWebBrowser (from SqueakMap)
>    * Albatross (from http://squeaksource.com/Albatross)

> Hi,
>
> I have developed a framework to quickly write scenario tests
> for Seaside applications. Albatross lets you write SUnit
> tests that run a Seaside component in an external web browser
> and simulate user interactions. It provides access to the
> running and rendered component and at the same time to the
> model of your application. You do not need to think about
> html tags or ids and names, because Albatross has cleverer
> ways to find out what you want to do. It finds form fields
> just by the corresponding label text or clicks on links by
> the displayed link text. It supports Javascript/Ajax testing
> because it really runs the application in the default web
> browser of your computer. You can write tests like the following:

> Hi,
>
> I have developed a framework to quickly write scenario tests for  
> Seaside applications. Albatross lets you write SUnit tests that run  
> a Seaside component in an external web browser and simulate user  
> interactions. It provides access to the running and rendered  
> component and at the same time to the model of your application.  
> You do not need to think about html tags or ids and names, because  
> Albatross has cleverer ways to find out what you want to do. It  
> finds form fields just by the corresponding label text or clicks on  
> links by the displayed link text. It supports Javascript/Ajax  
> testing because it really runs the application in the default web  
> browser of your computer. You can write tests like the following:
>
> browser enter: 'Jack' for: 'Username';
>    enter:'grml78sh' for 'Password';
>    click:'Login'.
> self assert: (
>    browser textExists: 'Successfully logged in').
>
> Download Albatross as a monticello package from http://
> www.squeaksource.com/Albatross.
> Required:
>
>    * Seaside
>    * FFI (from SqueakMap. Required for Squeak >=3.9)
>    * AppleScript (required for MacOS. From http://
> abrue.ab.funpic.de/albatross/Mac-Applescript.st (SM version with  
> bugfix))
>    * ExternalWebBrowser (from SqueakMap)
>    * Albatross (from http://squeaksource.com/Albatross)
>
> There is a demo test for Pier in the Albatross package that will  
> show you how to write tests. You can run the demo test (APierTest)  
> if you have downloaded Pier.
>
> Regards
> Andrea
>
>
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> Andrea Brühlmann wrote:
>
>> Download Albatross as a monticello package from http://
>> www.squeaksource.com/Albatross.
>> Required:
>>    * Seaside
>>    * FFI (from SqueakMap. Required for Squeak >=3.9)
>>    * AppleScript (required for MacOS. From http://
>> abrue.ab.funpic.de/albatross/Mac-Applescript.st (SM version with  
>> bugfix))
>>    * ExternalWebBrowser (from SqueakMap)
>>    * Albatross (from http://squeaksource.com/Albatross)
>
> Andrea,
>
> What's the chance of getting this for use w/ VisualWorks?
> This is exactly what I am looking for to short circuit some of my  
> testing tasks..
>
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