Re: Feature test issues

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Atira Odhner <aodhner(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
> Just to clarify the change we made in this regard --- we use the 'reset
> layout' link in the header between tests, but it essentially still does a
> page load and doesn't save us time. If we were to do an actual page load we
> would run into issues because of the navigation confirmation popup. If we
> were to manually reset the layout I think it would be very difficult to
> account for all the various scenarios and ensure a reasonable separation
> between tests.

Understood. I think that's fine - the further optimisation would be to
think about test groups, where tests can be safely undertaken in
sequence without a reset in-between. I think it would be reasonable in
such cases to abort the group if a single test fails, thus potentially
leaving the UI in an unknown state. That would potentially save a lot
of time when testing the debugger or query tool, where you would have
to navigate to a suitable node and then load the tool to even begin
testing.

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