Regression testing for HTTP server

[Jim Janney]

I've been asked to work on a project that includes a small HTTP server
written with Java Server Pages. The original author is gone, the server
hasn't worked for a couple of years, and naturally there are no tests or
documentation. I'd like to write something to put it through its paces,
assuming I can figure out what those are.

A quick Google search took me to HttpUnit, but I notice that it hasn't
been updated since 2008. Is there anything else I should look at?

 

[RVic]

Perhaps Selenium? If you want to test the strength of the site, Apache Bench.

-RVic

 

[markspace]

I've been asked to work on a project that includes a small HTTP server
written with Java Server Pages. The original author is gone, the server
hasn't worked for a couple of years, and naturally there are no tests or
documentation. I'd like to write something to put it through its paces,
assuming I can figure out what those are.

A quick Google search took me to HttpUnit, but I notice that it hasn't
been updated since 2008. Is there anything else I should look at?

A Google search for "java http testing" turned up this page, plus
several more prospects which looked good too:

<http://java-source.net/open-source/web-testing-tools>

 

[Jim Janney]

Perhaps Selenium? If you want to test the strength of the site, Apache Bench.

-RVic

Ideally I would prefer something that can run automatically as part of
the build process -- not sure how to fit Selenium into that, but I will
look into it. I do need cookie support for sessions, and a browser may
be the easiest way to get that. Performance is not an issue here, just
basic correctness.

 

[Jim Janney]

A Google search for "java http testing" turned up this page, plus
several more prospects which looked good too:

<http://java-source.net/open-source/web-testing-tools>

Lots of choices. Thanks.

 

[Lew]

Ideally I would prefer something that can run automatically as part of
the build process -- not sure how to fit Selenium into that, but I will

Hudson or Jenkins. Generally speaking, continuous integration, or "CI".

Jenkins (Hudson) have plugins for all kinds of necessary or helpful things,
like JUnit and TestNG. I've driven TestNG/Selenium tests from Hudson and it
works very well.