RE: [Webtest] Wrapping WebTest with FIT - Dierk Koenig - com.canoo.lists.webtest

4 messages in com.canoo.lists.webtestRE: [Webtest] Wrapping WebTest with FIT

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Jeff Nielsen	12 Sep 2003 10:09
Dierk Koenig	12 Sep 2003 11:11
Jeff Nielsen	13 Sep 2003 07:03
Dierk Koenig	14 Sep 2003 08:56

Subject:	RE: [Webtest] Wrapping WebTest with FIT
From:	Dierk Koenig (dier...@canoo.com)
Date:	09/12/2003 11:11:46 AM
List:	com.canoo.lists.webtest

I have not yet taken the step, but I was actively thinking about it. Actually Frank Westphal, one of the FIT pioneers, urged me to do so.

I do see the possible advantages but anyway there are some major differences to bridge.

WebTest Test source follows implementation source in terms of source-control support. Tests get versioned along with the source versions.

FIT No Test source control (?). please correct me, if I'm wrong.

WebTest High integration into IDE in terms of writing tests with Syntax-Highlighting, Code-Completion, Starting Tests all from inside your IDE.

FIT Very poor editor. Starts externally.

WebTest perfect integration into continuous integration tools like cruisecontrol.

FIT well, there is a command-line starter, but anyway: how could you stop the build if a testcase fails? how do you report that? how do you assure consistency of source vs. test versions?

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Currently I see the benefits of FIT in "the easiest way to collect test data". Whereas WebTest is superior when it comes to test logic. Why not use best of two worlds then? One could use FIT to assemble test data that get stored in e.g. property files that feed WebTest.

What do you think? Mittie

-----Original Message----- From: webt...@lists.canoo.com [mailto:webt...@lists.canoo.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Nielsen Sent: Freitag, 12. September 2003 19:10 To: webt...@gate.canoo.com Subject: [Webtest] Wrapping WebTest with FIT

I am in the middle of a project to hook up WebTest to the FIT testing framework (http://fit.c2.com). The project makes it possible to "drive" WebTest using FIT tables from an interface like FitNesse (http://www.fitnesse.org)

My reason for doing this is that we have a lot of testers/BAs/customers who are very comfortable writing WebTest tests. But we are trying to move to using FitNesse as a consolidated repository for requirements, planning, and acceptance testing.

I am interested in knowing if anyone else has done/is doing anything similar. I would like to compare notes, approaches, etc. I have already been pointed to the jWebUnit project on sourceforge, which has a FIT plugin.

Thanks in advance.