haskell/yesod
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

update yesod-test README

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Greg Weber 2012-08-05 13:48:50 -07:00
parent 68779e038d
commit cbfaffe5a1
1 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

11
yesod-test/README.md
View File

@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
# TestWaiPersistent - Pragmatic integration tests for haskell web applications using WAI and Persistent
# yesod-test
Pragmatic integration tests for haskell web applications using WAI and optionally a database (Persistent).
yesod-test is designed for testing web applications built using wai and persistent.
It's main goal is to encourage integration and system testing of web applications by making everything /easy to test/.
Your tests are like browser sessions that keep track of cookies and the last
visited page. You can perform assertions on the content of HTML responses,
using css selectors to explore the document more easily.
visited page. You can perform assertions on the content of HTML responses
using css selectors.
You can also easily build requests using forms present in the current page.
This is very useful for testing web applications built in yesod for example,
@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ generated "\_token" field.
Your database is also directly available so you can use runDB to set up
backend pre-conditions, or to assert that your session is having the desired effect.
The testing facilities behind the scenes are HUnit and HSpec.
The testing facilities behind the scenes are HSpec (on top of HUnit).
This is the helloworld and kitchen sink. In this case for testing a yesod app.