About Sentaku

Sentaku is a python library that allows objects to dynamically choose their implementation. Sentaku is the Japanese word for 'choice'.

With Sentaku it is possible to describe the elements of the applications you interact with and the actions/attributes they have. Sentaku takes care of choosing the implementation of the actions/attributes.

Installing

pip install sentaku

Use cases

A common use for such a system is testing various layers of an application with the same code, as well as using different layers of an application for setup/teardown and for concise acceptance-tests.

A typical use case is testing your modern html5 application. Such an application usually consists of different layers.

1. The internal back-end API
2. A rich front-end
3. A REST API
4. APIs that directly interact with other services the application uses

When doing test setup/teardown it is desirable to run against the fast back-end API or REST API, while when running the actual acceptance/system tests it is more desirable to run against the rich user interface or the REST API.