How to Build and Maintain Quality Drupal Sites with Automated Testing
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The document discusses the development and implementation of automated quality assurance tools in the Drupal ecosystem, focusing on the work of Jimmy Berry and Kieran Lal. Key features include the integration of SimpleTest for functional testing, benefits of code review, and the importance of maintaining code quality during migration to Drupal 7 and beyond. It emphasizes how automated testing can enhance developer productivity, confidence, and the overall reliability of web applications.
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How to Build and Maintain Quality Drupal Sites with Automated Testing
- 1. Building better websites with automated quality assurance Cheaper, Faster, more Reliable
- 2. Agenda Introductions Drupal SimpleTest Drupal.org usage Drupal.org Future Business Value of Quality Assurance Examiner Development Examiner Development - Selenium Examiner Benefits Testing in the Wild Contributed Module Development Tools for Site Owners ReviewDriven.com Contributed Back Demo
- 3. Introductions Jimmy Berry is the lead developer for the automated quality assurance platform used in the Drupal core development process. Jimmy works for Examiner.com where he develops automated quality assurance tools for examiner.com's migration to Drupal 7. Kieran Lal is the project manager for the quality assurance platform. Kieran is the Drupal community adventure guide for Acquia where he helps organizations understand the benefits of Drupal and Acquia's products to be successful with their Drupal sites.
- 4. Drupal SimpleTest Based on SimpleTest.org API Provides seemless integration with Drupal Extensive Drupal core suite Provides many examples ~19,000 assertions Introduction - http://drupal.org/simpletest Primarily used for "functional" testing Simulate user Start from scratch environment
- 5. Drupal.org Usage * http://qa.drupal.org/pifr/statistics Number of tests reviewed 24,840 Number of reviews performed 132,773 Average number of times a test is reviewed 5
- 6. Business Value of Quality Assurance Confidence to make large changes and refactor as needed. Can prevent bugs from reoccurring. Provides the confidence to know the system is ready to deploy. Removes the need to for large scale human testing with every change set.
- 7. Drupal.org Future Drupal 8 Clean code to perfection early in cycle Combination of manual cleanup and automated tools like the (PHP) Grammar Parser. Remove any false positives from Coder Enable Coder review on all patches Code coverage reports on commit Additional automated reviews Textual analysis Security reviews
- 8. Examiner Development On commit Coder reviews - e-mail results to developers Daily Pre-configured tests against shared dev database Import clone of dev database. Additional copies made during testing Atomic tests that require no database Run against an external server such as production or staging Ensure that rolled out code is functioning properly Could be used for Drupal.org
- 9. Examiner Development - Selenium Selenium IDE Workflow Record test "marcos" Export as PHP Selenium output Convert using simpletest_selenium (d.o project) Benefits Distribute test writing workload by allowing non-tech savy users to record tests Lower initial learning curve requird to include testing into a development process
- 10. Examiner Benefits Code review Makes it code reviews second nature Encourages developers to clean up code Testing Lighten manual test load Still fairly early in development cycle to access benefit
- 11. Testing in the Wild Project Issue File Request (PIFR) ClassicGraphics Drupal.org Examiner Non-PIFR Consumersearch.com Economist - Hudson myLifetime - Script
- 12. Contributed Module Development SimpleTest documentation 365 contributed modules that already have 46 contributed modules on http://qa.drupal.org Assistance in writing tests Infrastructure issues Finish info file parsing update* Allow any project maintainer to enable testing Provides mechanism to specify dependency versions Interface improvements to enhancing integration Links to related review results Aggregation of summary results on project pages Coverage ratings for projects Project specific filters and settings http://drupal.org/project/project_issue_file_review http://drupal.org/project/project_issue_file_test * http://drupal.org/node/102102
- 13. Tools for Site Owners SimpleTest Works with Drupal 6 & 7 Clone of a database Drupal 6 module - simpletest_clone Drupal 7 patch - node #666956 Atomic tests – node #758662 PIFR 2 Automate running of tests and reviews Used with trigger script or project management integration Works with any combinations of version control systems Currently supported: bzr, cvs, git, svn
- 14. ReviewDriven.com QA as a service Add site repository Schedule reviews Define triggers Configure notifications Make QA as easy as possible to improve the Drupal ecosystem as a whole Focus on enhancing tools available to Drupal developers Public beta coming soon
- 15. Contributing Back Write tests for core Write tests for contrib and custom modules Run tests for your modules Run tests for your site Run tests for your development process Write the testing framework Drupal.org Project module integration (PIFT) qa.drupal.org (PIFR) SimpleTest testing framework Drupal core 6.x-2.x backport
- 16. Demo class DrupalRedesignTestCase extends DrupalStageTestCase { [...] protected function setUp () { $this -> stagingUrl = 'http://staging6.drupal.org' ; $this -> httpauth_credentials = 'drupal:drupal' ; parent :: setUp (); } protected function testFoo () { $this -> drupalGet ( 'about' ); $this -> assertText ( 'Documentation' ); } } * http://drupal.org/node/758662
- 17. QA Sprint Drupalcon SF Sunday 9AM, April 18th Coder Lounge Learn how to write tests for Drupal core Learn how to contribute tests to modules you use Learn how to write tests for your contrib modules Learn how to run simpletest for your custom site
- 18. Contributing to the QA project Add features to the QA platform for core E.g. Load testing Add features that your consulting company needs for clients Add features that your company needs for it’s QA process Add features to integrate with your development and test workflow Contact: http://qa.drupal.org/contact
- 19. Appendix
- 20. How to Reach Our Audience Developers - front page Coder reviews Involve most popular module developers Assemble knowledgeable QA team [Dave Reid] [List of people who have corresponeded] [List of projects with SimpleTests] Site owners Maintainable benefit that will increase in value Additional plugins and services
- 21. Schedule for Webinar and Sprint Announce Webinar and Sprint on March 22nd Practice run on the March 25th Webinar on March 31st Sprint on April 18th
- 22. Business Value of Quality Assurance Confidence to make large changes and refactor as needed. Frees developers to focus on features and functionality instead of ensuring that functionality is not broken. Helps prevent changes from having a cascade effect. Can prevent bugs from reoccurring. Provides the confidence to know the system is ready to deploy. Removes the need to for large scale human testing with every change set. Provides a consistent mechanism to ensure the system is in a certain level of stability. Ensures that testing is not neglected, but instead occurs on a regular basis. Provides a way to ensure that configuration changes specific to one site do not have unwanted effects.