Rails JavaScript Testing¶ ↑

Sample application with basic JavaScript testing strategies in each branch. The branches of this repository represent the following:

• master: Base Rails 3 application branch without any testing framework

• javascript-debug: Ben Alman’s ba-debug for javascript logging. (Alternative to alert statements.)

• cucumber-capybara: Cucumber: using Capybara and Selenium web driver

• cucumber-capybara-envjs: Cucumber using Capybara and envjs

• jslint: Code quality tool for JavaScript

Downloading Master Application¶ ↑

Clone the repository, install gems, and setup development/test database.

git clone git@github.com:jeremygpeterson/Rails-Javascript-Testing.git
cd Rails-Javascript-Testing
bundle install
rake db:setup

Switching to a Different Test Strategy¶ ↑

Viewing all branches

git branch -a

Checkout a New Test Strategy

git checkout cucumber-capybara-envjs
bundle install

For more information on using the test, check “README” file for more information.

Application Goals¶ ↑

Basic Store application listing products:

• Lists product category, name, price, and short description.

• Search results via ajax

• Update price field (DOM changes)

To Do¶ ↑

• Add more realistic JavaScript functions to main application.

• Create test for a page that takes a long time loading page (handling short timeouts)

• Add watir test branch

• Add Jasmine test branch