ext/__init__.py ext/selenium.py test_dom.py @@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ CSS is hard to test automatically. Their appear to be two potential approaches which might have merit in solving this problem and and this sample code represents one of them. -The basic idea resolves around programatic comparison of images, some based on -screen shots and others generated dynamically from URLs. The capability to -analyse only a segment of a page has also been included. +test_image.py + +The basic idea here resolves around programatic comparison of images, some +based on screen shots and others generated dynamically from URLs. The +capability to analyse only a segment of a page has also been included. The overhead introduced by the need to take screenshots of a site makes this technique more useful for spotting regression issues in a live site than for @@ -15,10 +17,16 @@ As this is currently a proof of concept in that it only supports testing in webkit, and even then only on OS X. Support for other browsers relies on other screen grab tools being integrated into the code. -The sample code is written in Python but other implementations would be -straightforward. All of the actual work is done via other commands; namely -webkit2png by Paul Hammond and the Imagemagik suite of tools. - This is not intended as a tool to check whether a finished website looks identical to a set of photoshop images. It's intended to spot changes in -unexpected areas of a sites layout or design. \ No newline at end of file +unexpected areas of a sites layout or design. + +test_dom.py + +Here we plan on using Selenium to extract rendered DOM values like text-size +from a given web page and compare them against expected values. This could be useful both for regression testing and for assertion based test driven +development. + +The sample code is written in Python but other implementations would be +straightforward. Much of the actual work is done via other commands; namely +webkit2png by Paul Hammond and the Imagemagik suite of tools. README b8dc740b53099ab59176333ae701c71c9a7f23bf Gareth Rushgrove gareth@morethanseven.net http://github.com/garethr/css-test/commit/602b0522fdc5e30ea44497d84d1123a3d80b4344 602b0522fdc5e30ea44497d84d1123a3d80b4344 2008-11-22T13:58:17-08:00 2008-11-22T13:58:17-08:00 first experiments with selenium for DOM value testing 91a9397c29be4359a57f900c9f64ab23a6d7273a Gareth Rushgrove gareth@morethanseven.net