Rails - Dec 2005 - Unit/Functional testing for AJAX functions?

I really have no more input than that, so the subject speaks for
itself.  How do you test that AJAX effects shown in the browser are
actually happening?  Maybe an auto-complete form field is a good
starting example.

Sean

Sean Hussey wrote:
> I really have no more input than that, so the subject speaks for
> itself.  How do you test that AJAX effects shown in the browser are
> actually happening?  Maybe an auto-complete form field is a good
> starting example.
> 
> Sean
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You can functionally test the XmlHttpRequest calls from the controller 
test cases.  There''s the xml_http_request method, which looks like:

def test_xml_http_request
   xml_http_request :post, action, {params_for_action}
   assert something_about_response
end

That tests the rails side of things.  For the browser execution of any 
code, you''ll need to break out either Selenium or Watir (or both) 
depending on your platform preference.

-- 
Alex

Thank you!  Exactly what I was looking for.

And this pops up on the RoR weblog:

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/wa-selenium-ajax/index.html?ca=drs-

On 12/21/05, Alex Young <alex-qV/boFbD8Meu8LGVeLuP/g@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Sean Hussey wrote:
> > I really have no more input than that, so the subject speaks for
> > itself.  How do you test that AJAX effects shown in the browser are
> > actually happening?  Maybe an auto-complete form field is a good
> > starting example.
> >
> > Sean
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
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>
> You can functionally test the XmlHttpRequest calls from the controller
> test cases.  There''s the xml_http_request method, which looks
like:
>
> def test_xml_http_request
>    xml_http_request :post, action, {params_for_action}
>    assert something_about_response
> end
>
> That tests the rails side of things.  For the browser execution of any
> code, you''ll need to break out either Selenium or Watir (or both)
> depending on your platform preference.
>
> --
> Alex
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