[OSGeo-Discuss] Functional Testing of GIS applications (Automated Testing)

[Jody Garnett]

There is some work on conformance testing in each of the OGC Open Web Service initiatives.

Check the OGC website for the various implementation reports on the topic. Most of it seems to focus on validation so I am not sure if is the same kind of thing you are looking for? 

Disclaimer: LISAsoft performed some of the conformance testings for things like CityGML; I was not directly involved so I don't have any more details for you on how it was done. 

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Jody Garnett


On Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 2:12 PM, AbSharma wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm developing a GIS application using GeoServer, Openlayers, and SQL Server
> at the back-end. I tried to look for resources to write Automated Tests for
> functional testing of the application. I will describe an example scenario:
> 
> We have a time filtering feature that shows data on the base-map as the the
> values provided from the client-side. How can I write an automated test to
> ensure that the functionality is working correctly? 
> 
> There are some examples provided by Eggplant for automated GUI testing, but
> tests seem too fragile. 
> Are there any tools or frameworks that can help me write tests on all three
> levels: Openlayers, GeoServer and Database.
> 
> I'm already using Test Another Way for OpenLayers, but the support seems to
> be very limited since a lot of features require to be tested visually.
> 
> I'm quite concerned because I was not able to find a lot of resources about
> Functional Testing of GIS applications, every one seems to focus on
> Performance Testing or Bench-marking. 
> 
> Is the community overlooking functional testing?
> 
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