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== Description
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Webrat lets you quickly write robust and thorough acceptance tests for a Ruby
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web application. By leveraging the DOM, it can run tests similarly to an
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in-browser testing solution without the associated performance hit (and
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browser dependency). The result is tests that are less fragile and more
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effective at verifying that the app will respond properly to users.
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Webrat lets you quickly write expressive and robust acceptance tests for a Ruby
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web application.
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When comparing Webrat with an in-browser testing solution like Watir or
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Selenium, the primary consideration should be how much JavaScript the
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application uses. In-browser testing is currently the only way to test JS, and
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that may make it a requirement for your project. If JavaScript is not central
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to your application, Webrat is a simpler, effective solution that will let you
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run your tests much faster and more frequently.
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== Features
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Initial development was sponsored by EastMedia[http://www.eastmedia.com].
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* Browser Simulator for expressive, high level acceptance testing without the
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performance hit and browser dependency of Selenium or Watir (See Webrat::Session)
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* Use the same API for Browser Simulator and real Selenium tests using
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Webrat::SeleniumSession when necessary (eg. for testing AJAX interactions)
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* Supports multiple Ruby web frameworks: Rails, Merb and Sinatra
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* Supports popular test frameworks: RSpec, Cucumber, Test::Unit and Shoulda
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* Webrat::Matchers API for verifying rendered HTML using CSS, XPath, etc.
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== Synopsis
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== Example
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def test_sign_up
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visit "/"
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class SignupTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
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def test_trial_account_sign_up
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visit home_path
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click_link "Sign up"
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fill_in "Email", :with => "good@example.com"
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select "Free account"
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click_button "Register"
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...
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end
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Behind the scenes, this will perform the following work:
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1. Verify that loading the home page is successful
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2. Verify that a "Sign up" link exists on the home page
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3. Verify that loading the URL pointed to by the "Sign up" link leads to a
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successful page
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4. Verify that there is an "Email" input field on the Sign Up page
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5. Verify that there is an select field on the Sign Up page with an option for
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"Free account"
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6. Verify that there is a "Register" submit button on the page
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7. Verify that submitting the Sign Up form with the values "good@example.com"
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and "Free account" leads to a successful page
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Take special note of the things _not_ specified in that test, that might cause
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tests to break unnecessarily as your application evolves:
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- The input field IDs or names (e.g. "user_email" or "user[email]"), which
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could change if you rename a model
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- The ID of the form element (Webrat can do a good job of guessing, even if
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there are multiple forms on the page.)
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- The URLs of links followed
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- The URL the form submission should be sent to, which could change if you
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adjust your routes or controllers
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- The HTTP method for the login request
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A test written with Webrat can handle these changes to these without any modifications.
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== Merb
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To avoid losing sessions, you need this in environments/test.rb:
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Merb::Config.use do |c|
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c[:session_store] = 'memory'
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end
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== Install
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Behind the scenes, Webrat will ensure:
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To install the latest release:
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* If a link, form field or button is missing, the test will fail.
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* If a URL is invalid, the test will fail.
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* If a page load or form submission is unsuccessful, the test will fail.
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sudo gem install webrat
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== Install for Rails
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In your stories/helper.rb:
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To install the latest release as a gem:
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require "webrat"
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sudo gem install webrat
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You could also unpack the gem into vendor/plugins.
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To install the latest code as a plugin: (_Note:_ This may be less stable than using a released version)
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script/plugin install git://github.com/brynary/webrat.git
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In your test_helper.rb, spec_helper.rb, or env.rb (for Cucumber) add:
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require "webrat/rails"
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== Install with Merb
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Merb 1.0 has built-in, seamless Webrat support. Just start using
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methods from Webrat::Session in your specs.
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== Authors
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- Maintained by {Bryan Helmkamp}[mailto:bryan@brynary.com]
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- Original code written by {Seth Fitzsimmons}[mailto:seth@mojodna.net]
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- Initial development was sponsored by EastMedia[http://www.eastmedia.com]
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- Many other contributors. See attributions in History.txt
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== License
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Copyright (c) 2007 Bryan Helmkamp, Seth Fitzsimmons.
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Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Bryan Helmkamp, Seth Fitzsimmons.
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See MIT-LICENSE.txt in this directory.
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