Dear All,
I started with drupal 5.0 testing and got struck when i tried to run some already existing automated functional tests. I found two powerful modules simpletest module and Selenium module. But they are drupal add-on modules which in turn need to be updated to the compatible release versions before starting the testing process. This makes most of the testing to be done manually.
If the tests can run independent of Drupal (can be ran in command line), each time when a release is done, some black box tests can be executed to check whether the already existing features are present in the latest release. This would produce a more efficient code as far as i know in regression testing.. (not an expert in testing).. Moreover, it will also reduce the effort needed for testing existing features.
I searched thru the drupal site. There is nothing like this anywhere in the site. I got some simpletest cases here http://drupal.org/node/61533 which is independent of drupal (can be ran in command line). But it is also of no use since many things are hardcoded and suitable for 4.6.6.
Is there any efforts done on this path?..
I studied about jmeter recently and it seems to be good for regression testing too. Need suggestions on this??..
However, I have started using jmeter for automating some black box test cases. Will contribute it back after getting a getting good and efficient running tests.