Re: Acceptance Tests against a browser (WIP)

From: George Gelashvili <ggelashvili(at)pivotal(dot)io>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Atira Odhner <aodhner(at)pivotal(dot)io>, pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Acceptance Tests against a browser (WIP)
Date: 2017-01-25 23:31:06
Message-ID: CAHowoHYZxQxVLxA0N8iKoVGN=0vahSxrc0Kd4LkqoOWQYUSmkQ@mail.gmail.com
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That diff was generated before the python 3 patch was applied. This should
work against master

Cheers,
George

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 5:33 PM, George Gelashvili
> <ggelashvili(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
> > Thanks for bringing that to our attention! Here's the latest patch
>
> piranha:pgadmin4 dpage$ git apply
> ~/Downloads/acceptance-tests-with-server-start-and-polling.diff
> error: patch failed: web/regression/test_utils.py:69
> error: web/regression/test_utils.py: patch does not apply
>
> :-(
>
> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:07 PM, George Gelashvili
> >> <ggelashvili(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Here is an updated patch which starts the server up when the test
> starts
> >> > and
> >> > uses the values from config.py for server name etc. It still requires
> >> > installing chromedriver before running. Should we add something to the
> >> > readme about that?
> >>
> >> Yes, we definitely should (including download site URL)
> >>
> >> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Atira Odhner <aodhner(at)pivotal(dot)io>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for your feedback, Dave!
> >> >>
> >> >> We can put the tests under the regression directory. I think that
> makes
> >> >> sense.
> >> >> I'm not picturing these tests being module specific, but we may want
> to
> >> >> enable running it as a separate suite of tests.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for the callout about the port and title. We'll make sure
> those
> >> >> are
> >> >> pulled from config or that the pgAdmin server is spun up by the test
> >> >> with
> >> >> specific values.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have a couple ideas about why the test might not have been running
> >> >> for
> >> >> you. I think the patch we attached didn't spin up its own pgAdmin yet
> >> >> and it
> >> >> definitely doesn't fill in username/password if your app is running
> >> >> that
> >> >> way. That's part of the WIP-ness :-P
> >> >>
> >> >> -Tira
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:41 PM, George Gelashvili
> >> >> <ggelashvili(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
> >> >> > here's the patch we forgot to attach. Also, you can see work on our
> >> >> > branch
> >> >> > at:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > https://github.com/pivotalsoftware/pgadmin4/tree/
> pivotal/acceptance-tests
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, George Gelashvili
> >> >> > <ggelashvili(at)pivotal(dot)io>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi there,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> We are working on browser-automation-based acceptance tests that
> >> >> >> exercise
> >> >> >> pgAdmin4 the way a user might.
> >> >>
> >> >> Nice!
> >> >>
> >> >> >> The first "connect to database" test works, but at the moment
> >> >> >> depends
> >> >> >> on
> >> >> >> Chrome and chromedriver. We would appreciate feedback on any
> >> >> >> possible
> >> >> >> license or code style issues at this point, as well as any
> thoughts
> >> >> >> on
> >> >> >> adding this sort of test to the codebase.
> >> >>
> >> >> A few thoughts:
> >> >>
> >> >> - If these tests are to run as part of the regression suite, the
> >> >> framework for them should live under that directory.
> >> >>
> >> >> - Are any of the tests likely to be module-specific? If so, they
> >> >> should really be part of the relevant module as the regression tests
> >> >> are. If they're more general/less tightly coupled, then I don't see a
> >> >> problem with them residing where they are.
> >> >>
> >> >> - Please take care not to include changes to .gitgnore files that
> >> >> aren't relevant to the rest of us.
> >> >>
> >> >> - The port number is hard-coded in the test.
> >> >>
> >> >> - You've hard-coded the string "pgAdmin 4". We've tried to keep that
> >> >> title as a config option in config.py, so you should pull the string
> >> >> from there rather than hard-coding it.
> >> >>
> >> >> - The connect test fails for me (Mac, Python 2.7). I have a suspicion
> >> >> that this may be because when the test starts chromedriver, OS X
> >> >> prompts the user about whether a listening port should be opened, but
> >> >> the tests don't wait (though, I tested with 3 servers configured and
> >> >> it failed with the same error on the second and third as well, long
> >> >> after I clicked OK on the prompt):
> >> >>
> >> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> >> File
> >> >>
> >> >> "/Users/dpage/git/pgadmin4/web/acceptance/test_connects_
> to_database.py",
> >> >> line 32, in runTest
> >> >> self.assertEqual("pgAdmin 4", self.driver.title)
> >> >> AssertionError: 'pgAdmin 4' != u'localhost'
> >> >>
> >> >> - Please keep tests in the pgadmin. namespace
> (pgadmin.acceptance.??).
> >> >>
> >> >> - It looks like running a single test won't work yet (because of
> >> >> TestsGeneratorRegistry.load_generators('pgadmin.%s.tests' %
> >> >> arguments['pkg']))
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks!
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Dave Page
> >> >> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
> >> >> Twitter: @pgsnake
> >> >>
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> >> >> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
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