User-interaction testing
User-interaction testing evaluates software behavior by exercising its user interface and observing resulting outputs, state changes, and interactions.
Django in Action
UI testing evaluates software by interacting with its user interface, often through tools that simulate user actions.
- How it is used
- Evaluates user-facing behavior by simulating actions through a browser-based interface.
- How deep it goes
- Explains browser round trips and Django server requirements, but defers comprehensive Selenium instruction.
- Examples
- Uses shipping-cost forms, browser-entered addresses, Selenium selectors, and Django live-server test classes.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Selenium and Django live-server test classes to verify browser-visible behavior.
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BDD in Action, Second Edition
A UI test verifies software behavior through its user interface rather than through internal program interfaces.
- How it is used
- Verifies user journeys, visible UI behavior, and end-to-end component interactions within automated acceptance testing.
- How deep it goes
- Explains benefits, trade-offs, tool choices, testability hooks, and waits, while deferring most business-rule coverage to non-UI tests.
- Examples
- Uses browser-based user journeys, stakeholder demonstrations, screenshots, element identifiers, and explicit or fluent wait conditions.
- What you can do after
- Apply UI acceptance testing through Selenium WebDriver while selecting faster non-UI tests for rules and calculations.
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Related concepts
- testkind of · A test is a procedure or check that evaluates behavior using specified inputs or evidence against expected results or criteria.
- Playwrightused by · Playwright is an open-source library for automating Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers and testing web applications across supported programming languages.
- Seleniumuses · Selenium is an open-source suite of tools and APIs for automating web browsers and testing web applications.
- React Testing Libraryimplements · React Testing Library is a JavaScript library for testing React components through their rendered behavior, user-facing interactions, and accessible interfaces.
- Jestuses · Jest is a JavaScript testing framework for defining, running, and asserting automated tests.
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