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    Given that

    1. as we near 1.0, the behavior of Wagn is reaching a milestone of completeness and correctness
    2. the current test suite is essential but somewhat disorganized and patchy
    3. the codebase is working well but mis-architected in places, and large sections are in need of major refactoring to support our long-term vision

    We should create a suite of high-level acceptance tests that captures and codifies this current behavior, which we can work against during subsequent architectural refactorings.

     

     

    acceptance testing+solution

    As of early 2009 the combination of Cucumber and Webrat is gaining acceptance as a best-practice in acceptance testing for Rails applications.  Cucumber an english-like syntax and more importantly a structure for thinking about the behavior of the application.  Webrat provides a mechanism for specifying interactions with the application at a high level, and can be connected to Selenium for testing ajax functionality that requires real browser interaction. 

     

    On a technical note, Cucumber uses "step definitions" written in ruby to process the feature specs written in cucumber syntax.  Given the thematic conistency of working with cards in wagn, I think that a wide range feature behavior can be specified with a fairly small number of step definitions, ie. the setup will be compact.

     

    My estimate for developing a reasonably complete acceptance test suite is 3 developer days for setup (step definitions, initial tests, ajax/selenium setup), and 4-6 additional developer days for completing the spec.  The latter part would be best done as pair coding in a sprint.  

     

    I would love to see this happen sometime in 2009 :)

     

     

     

    acceptance testing+example

    this is a braindump of features and types of scenarios that should be tested, ie high level list of tests that we need.

     

    FEATURES

    Accounts

      sign up
      sign in
      ...

    Basic Editing

      create
      delete
      edit
        name
        type
        content
      history
      autosave

    References

      inclusions 
        views: open,closed,naked,etc.
      links
      Editing included cards
        create
        delete
        edit
          name
          type
          content

    Important Cardtypes

      Cardtype
      Search
      Pointers (autocomplete specs, etc.)
      Images & Files

    Templating              

      *rforms
      *tforms
      multi-edit
        create
        delete
        edit

    Permissions 

     

    Combinations

      references and search   (common patterns)
      templated searches
      other auto and phantom cards

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