HtmlUnit + Selenium within Production

Question

I am currently using HtmlUnit and Selenium to drive it (WebDriver) within my production code.

I am scaping and interacting with various websites programmatically wi

Answer 1

Generally, use your testing "gut feeling" about that. What WebDriver and HTMLUnit does is, that it simulates real user performing some actions in the webpage.

My personal gut feeling says, that I should do as less production testing, as possible. So I personally would use these tools only for verification, if my webapp is still alive.

Yes, its generic answer for generic question, but try this:

Gather around people responsible for the webapp and ask them:

• Should be it tested on production? (so there is always slight chance, that some customers will see those test data)

• If yes, what should be tested on production?

• If yes, should it be automated?

And then you have answer ;)