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Testing Django Applications

Started by Daniel Ha · 11 months ago

So I’ve been here at Disqus for a month or so now. The biggest project on my plate had been testing. Because of the breadth of the Disqus software, my testing has to cover several different approaches to the platform.
unit testing - using plain python unittests from the unittest module.

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23 comments

  • Simon Law

    11 months ago

    The other piece of the puzzle here is to have a network of Selenium servers. And a Python module that does this. Then, you can say:

    def setUp(self):
        self.start_test_server('0.0.0.0', 8000)
        self.selenium = SeleniumCluster(browser="*pifirefox", os="windows xp", port=8000)
  • Devin

    11 months ago

    Yep. That's certainly the next step.
  • Wap Advertising

    8 months ago

    The database is clearly defined. Great.
  • FirstClown

    10 months ago

    This is great! This is a great way to keep the development database clean while using a test database for the Selenium tests. I've been running into this recently too as I build up my test suite. It's always hard to not "mess up" the database and cause Selenium headaches on the tests.

    I'm definitely downloading this and using it. Thanks!
  • Devin

    10 months ago

    Yeah. When I sat down to start writing Selenium tests, I figured that would happen. Even if you're careful, it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong and you're in there manually fixing the database.

    So when I saw this ticket on Django's trac, I figured that might actually be a better way to spend my time than being extremely careful and praying.

    Turned out not that hard. A few python threading issues asside. I certainly feel better knowing that our Selenium tests won't go haywire and require a bunch of time to fix.
  • Luke Hoersten

    11 months ago

    Pretty awesome! Maybe I missed it but how are you creating the charts at the end? Google Charts API?
  • Devin

    11 months ago

    Yes. We're using the Google Charts API for graphing some stuff to visualize internally. It's our pulse of what's happening when it's happening.
  • Russell Keith-Magee

    11 months ago

    Thanks for the contribution, Devin! Let me assure you that adding live testserver support is on my radar as something to add to Django's native testing services.

    I've only had a chance to take a cursory glance at the patch you submitted, but on the surface, it looks good.
    I won't get a chance to merge it into trunk before v1.0, but with any luck I will get it into the next release cycle.
  • Devin

    11 months ago

    Oh no rush. Certainly not important with the 1.0 push going on.
  • Graham

    11 months ago

    keep up the good work
  • Mike Patch Tool

    7 months ago

    I wonder If I can use disqus with my iphone device?
  • zstock

    11 months ago

    Hi Daniel,
    Is there a way to post to Disqus using a blackberry?
  • Rob Loach

    11 months ago

    You can make replies to posts through email, and since you can reply to emails on a blackberry, the answer is yes. Just reply to the notification that was sent to you.
  • Regis

    10 months ago

    Excellent news!
  • bhalchander

    10 months ago

    Testing.. disqus...
  • enricodesimone

    9 months ago

    Interventismo e mercato regolato: e' contraddizione tra emergenza e libero mercato
  • Vlad Zablotskyy

    11 months ago

    Hi Guys,

    I just noticed something interesting on my blog. Disqus happened to be the first plugin I installed, and the only one so far. The FF status bar is showing "www.google-analitycs.com"..... while I have no such code installed on my blog.

    I would love some sort of explanation.
  • Daniel Ha

    11 months ago

    Disqus uses GA for analytics. Many websites and widgets do. It allows
    us to better measure usage without having to analyze our own server
    logs. There is no personal data involved.

    Do you have any other questions about it? Email me.
  • Vlad Zablotskyy

    11 months ago

    Daniel,

    I am aware many use GA. In fact I use it on my sites and blogs.... But
    I keep it on my blog and on my site. I find it strange that your GA
    measures things on my blog.
  • Daniel Ha

    11 months ago

    No. We're measuring Disqus hits. It has little to do with your site -
    only that the hits are coming from your site.

    We can measure the same without GA, like any 3rd party application/
    widget. GA just makes it easier.
  • Vlad Zablotskyy

    11 months ago

    Daniel,

    I would love to e-mail you. However I am not privileged to your e-mail
    address. I just wrote a post why I am leaving Disqus at
    http://sageblogger.com/ - if you care that is.
  • Daniel Ha

    11 months ago

    It's in my profile - daniel@disqus.com
  • Italian Restaurant

    6 months ago

    Thats good to hear ! Thanks for the hardwork ! Keep it up

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