regression-testing

I was taught that a regression test was a small (only enough to prove you didn't break anything with the introduction of a change or new modules) sample of the overall tests. However, this article by Ron Morrison and Grady Booch makes me think differently: The desired strategy would be to bring each unit in one at a time, perform an extensive regression test, correct any defects and then proceed to the next unit. The same document also says: As soon as a small number of units are added, a test version is generated and "smoke tested," wherein a small number of tests are run to gain confidence

I realise this is a non-trivial task, but is there any way to regression test the styling and rendered layout of a web application? I've found it straight-forward to unittest and regression test functionality, both server-side and client-side. However, a frustrating issue I've run into are CSS changes made to fix one layout issue that break the layout and styling on a different page. The only way I know how to detect these is to manually view every page in an application, and compare it with my own expectations, but obviously this can be burdensome and expensive when an application can have

We are running Selenium regression tests against our existing code base, and certain screens in our web app use pop-ups for intermediate steps. Currently we use the commands in the test: // force new window to open at this point - so we can select it later selenium().getEval("this.browserbot.getCurrentWindow().open('', 'enquiryPopup')"); selenium().click("//input[@value='Submit']"); selenium().waitForPopUp("enquiryPopup", getWaitTime()); selenium().selectWindow("enquiryPopup"); ...which works most of the time . Occasionally the test will fail on the waitForPopUp() line with com.thoughtworks

I have two test cases (two different files) that I want to run together in a Test Suite. I can get the tests to run just by running python "normally" but when I select to run a python-unit test it says 0 tests run. Right now I'm just trying to get at least one test to run correectly. import usertest import configtest # first test import unittest # second test testSuite = unittest.TestSuite() testResult = unittest.TestResult() confTest = configtest.ConfigTestCase() testSuite.addTest(configtest.suite()) test = testSuite.run(testResult) print testResult.testsRun # prints 1 if run "normally" Here