TestCases Web

If you are here, you want to test this version of TWiki. This web is held in the TWiki Subversion repository, so:

1. You must manually ensure that all topics in this web are readable and writable by the apache user
2. New topics must be manually added to the Subversion repository.
   • Only check in .txt files. You must not check in ,v files. Topic histories will be maintained in Subversion.
3. If you use TWiki to edit topics (recommended) you must:
   • Fix the META:TOPICINFO of all topics in this web so that the author is TWikiContributor and the version is the SVN keyword $Rev$. The tools/fixtopicmeta script is a handy utility to fix the meta data.
   • Remove all ctrl+M's before checking in.

The integration testcases are an important assistant to TWiki testing. However they should not be regarded as the only required testing; manual testing, by a user interacting with TWiki, is also key, as are unit tests.

Integration testcases are of two kinds; manual, and automatic. Automatic testcases are strongly preferred.

Each integration testcase consists of a single topic, always named TestCaseSomething where Something is descriptive of the testcase. For example, TestCaseAmISane. If Something starts with Auto then the topic is assumed to be an automatic testcases and it is automatically added to the table below with a run link e.g. TestCaseAutoFormatting

All testcase topics should contain a line starting with Description: that describes what the testcase does, for the table below. It's also convention to credit the designer(s) of the testcase, on a line starting Designed by: .

Other topics may be created to provide test fixtures, but all checked-in topics in this web should be regarded as read-only i.e. no test should require the overwriting of any of the checked-in topics. If you need to create topics in order to execute a test, please do so, but delete them after you are finished to avoid any risk of polluting future tests.

Manual testcases simply document a series of steps that have to be performed to execute the test, sometimes with links in to help the process (for an example see TestCaseAmISane).

Automatic testcases are designed for testing TWiki rendering. They can be visited and manually checked just like manual testcases, but also include markers that indicate to the TestFixturePlugin what is expected output versus what TWiki actually produces. See TestFixturePlugin for details, and view TestCaseAutoFormatting raw for a good example. Automatic testcase topics should also contain a link that allows the testcase to be run: [[%SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?test=compare&debugenableplugins=TestFixturePlugin&skin=pattern][run this test]]

Automatic testcases may be run by clicking on the run link for the testcase in the table below. The testcases are run with no plugins enabled.

Plugins do not ship with test cases in the TestCases web. It is possible to create a test case topic in the TWiki web (and thus ship it with a plugin for manual testing), and include that in an TestCases topic. For example the TestCaseAutoSpreadSheetPlugin topic includes the test cases from TWiki.SpreadSheetPluginTestCases.

A good tip is to right-click each run link and open in a new tab. That way you can run a whole bunch of testcases quickly without having to wait for each to finish loading.

Testcase	Description	Tests
TestCaseSpacedWikiWordPlugin	visual test output from SpacedWikiWordPlugin.	manual
TestCaseDifferentSkin	Visual inspection tests for different skins.	manual
TestCaseSaveContentWithoutEdit	Verify the proper creation or revision of a topic without going through edit, along with the proper handling of URL params in the following cases:	manual
TestCaseCreateNewTopicWithTemplate	Verify the correct creation of a topic from a template.	manual
TestCaseCreateNewTopicWithTemplateWithUrlParam	Verify the correct creation of a topic from a template, where URL params are used to populate the text in the new topic.	manual
TestCaseSectionalInclude	Verify that TWiki:Codev.NamedSectionalincludes are working	manual
TestCaseSectionalView	Verify that TWiki:Codev.AddSectionParam is working	manual
TestCaseRestTest	Verify that the rest script is working properly	manual
TestCaseJavaScriptAffectedStyles	Verify CSS styles that are affected by javascript: twikiMakeVisible, twikiMakeVisibleInline, twikiMakeVisibleBlock, twikiMakeHidden	manual
TestCaseAutoNestedVerbatim	verbatim tags should be nestable to at least two levels.	run
TestCaseWebListTag	Tests for WEBLIST tag	manual
TestCaseAutoTOC	tests for TOCs included from other topics and with funny deprecated syntaxes.	run
TestCaseAutoSearchSort	Tests for the "sort" parameter in SEARCH.	run
TestCaseAutoMetaSearch	tests for METASEARCH tags	run
TestCaseAutoIncludeAttachment	Tests for inclusion of attachments	run
TestCaseEmbeddedTags	Tests for handling embedded tag parameters	manual
TestCaseAutoVariableNames	Testing the rules for variable names by mixing upper case, lower case, numerical and special characters.	run
TestCaseAutoRegionTags	testcases for TWiki extension tags verbatim, noautolink and pre	run
TestCaseEmptyGroupTreatedAsNoGroup	testcase for the bug reported as TWiki:Codev/InvalidALLOWWEBVIEWTreatedAsEmpty	manual
TestCaseAutoTableInclude	Testcase covers Bugs:Item4439. Companion topics IncludeTableAttachment and IncludeTableNoAttachment also required.	run
TestCaseAutoSpreadSheetPlugin	Test SpreadSheetPlugin functions	run
TestCaseTopicListTag	Test for TOPICLIST - rather huge, so in a topic on it's own	manual
TestCaseAutoCategoryTable2	Test for category table and attachment upgrading from 1.0beta	run
TestCaseAutoCategoryTable1	Test for category table and attachment upgrading	run
TestCaseInternalTags	Test cases for internal tags NOT INCLUDING URLPARAM, SEARCH OR METASEARCH	manual
TestCaseAutoSearchWithInternalTag	Tags embedded in the format option must expand correcly	run
TestCaseAutoInternalTags	Tag tests that can be automated	run
TestCaseAutoFormatting	Simple formatting, as described in TextFormattingRules	run
TestCaseAutoUnexpandedTagsInSearchResults	Search results can contain tags. These tags must be correctly expanded in the output.	run
TestCasePluginsTags	Plugins management tags	manual
TestCaseIncludedVerbatim		manual
TestCaseIncludedVerbatimData		manual
TestCaseTWikiJavascripts		manual
TestCaseTablePlugin		manual
TestCaseAmISane	Manual trivial fast sanity checks for script functions. Do them in order, from the top down, as the save tests rely on eachother.	manual
TestCaseTemplatedTopic	Manual test to check creation of topics with a template topic.	manual
TestCaseOopsAccessDenied	Load message templates for review	manual
TestCaseOopsAlerts	Load message templates for review	manual
TestCaseOopsAttention	Load message templates for review	manual
TestCaseOopsLeaseConflict	Load message templates for review	manual
TestCaseInternetRegistration	Intranet Registration manual tests	manual
TestCaseIntranetRegistration	Intranet Registration manual tests	manual
TestCaseAutoIncludeSubWebTopic	include a topic from a subweb	run
TestCaseAutoEmphasis	ensure emphases work correctly in different contexts	run
TestCaseAutoAttributeParsing	ensure attribute parsing provides expected outcome	run
TestCaseAutoInOutPre	check the behaviour of the inside and outside PRE handlers	run
TestCaseAutoIncludes	Check for the correct detection and handling of recursive and repeated includes	run
TestCaseAutoInterwikiPlugin	Basic tests for Interwiki plugin	run
TestCaseAutoSearch	Automated search function tests. Results dependent on templates used to render search results. Tests only make sense when this topic is viewed with `pattern...	run
TestCaseAutoFormattedSearch	Automated formatted search tests.	run
TestCasePageValidation	A list of templates, with automatic testing on the W3C validation service - page will take long to load!	manual
TestCaseTemplate	a brief description of the testcase	manual