15 Presentation-layer testing
This chapter covers
- Developing HtmlUnit tests
- Developing Selenium tests
- Comparing HtmlUnit and Selenium
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
--Edsger Dijkstra
Simply stated, presentation-layer testing involves finding bugs in the graphical user interface (GUI) of an application. Finding errors here is as important as finding errors in other application tiers. A bad user experience can lose a customer or discourage a web surfer from visiting your site again. Furthermore, bugs in the user interface can cause other parts of the application to malfunction.
Due to its nature and user interaction, GUI testing presents unique challenges and requires ...
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