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+1 for explaining steps to recreate failed test being intrinsic in the process (your second point)

IThasTheAnswer
– IThasTheAnswer

2011-07-12 15:45:00 +00:00
Commented Jul 12, 2011 at 15:45
One issue: Doesn't UI unit testing block potential changes in the UI [locks you in]... although I upvoted because you described the benefit in a way where the overall runtime of the application is being monitored by the unit tests rather than an individual component of the system being tested.

monksy
– monksy

2011-10-05 14:27:35 +00:00
Commented Oct 5, 2011 at 14:27
@monksy - The test suite that we used (I can't remember it's name for the life of me) wasn't co-ordinate based. It was smart enough to use the element ids. So long as we gave all our UI elements names, and kept those names through design revisions the test cases still worked. We paid a pretty penny for that software, but we felt that feature was worth it.

Tyanna
– Tyanna

2011-10-05 20:59:18 +00:00
Commented Oct 5, 2011 at 20:59
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@Tyanna Trust me on this... it was. I've tried to automate UI testing [for regressive testing] based on location. That doesn't work, and is quite frustrating. Btu I was refering to moving components arround, changing out the views/ui, and themeable UIs

monksy
– monksy

2011-10-05 23:21:05 +00:00
Commented Oct 5, 2011 at 23:21

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