Introduction to Functional Web Testing With Twill & Selenium

Explain what we're trying to accomplish in PART 1 four easy acts!

• Who are we?
• Everyone set up?
• Divide and conquer room to get everyone on same page

• What is it?
• Who does it?
• Why?

• Testing Strategies
• Create a list of test cases
• Are participants thinking about testing correctly?
• Asking the right questions?
• Do they understand the app well enough to test it?
• How much understanding is required?

• UnitTest v. NoseTest comparison
• Nose just finds your tests
• Common Twill commands
• Shell mode v. Python mode v. Python Shell mode
• Proving grounds

• Attendees will write the tests we brainstormed earlier.
• Instructors will wander the room to offer instruction and hints.
• If someone gets stuck, we'll stop and discuss the issue and its solutions as a group.

• A Directory Structure That Works For Me
• Nose Generative Tests
• Nose Tags
• Nose Skip Test
• Page Objects
• Negative Tests
• Parsing with Beautiful Soup