I'm new to testing and I would like to
1) test the login
2) create a folder
3) add content (a page) into the folder
I have each of the tests written and they work but obviously I would like to build ontop of each other, eg, in order to do 3 I need to do 1 then 2. In order to do 2 I need to do 1. This is my basic test structure:
class TestSelenium(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
# Create a new instance of the Firefox driver
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
def testLogin(self):
print '1'
...
def testFolderCreation(self):
print '2'
...
def testContentCreation(self):
print '3'
...
def tearDown(self):
self.driver.quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()
At first, I thought the tests would run in order and the 2nd function would continue off where the first one left off, but I've found this is not the case, it seems to be starting over with each test. I've also realized that they execute in reverse order. I get an output of 3,2,1 in the terminal. How should I achieve what I want? If I call the previous functions before I run the one I want, I feel like it's repetitively testing the same thing over and over since each one is a test (eg, in testContentCreation, I would call 'testLogin' then call testFolderCreation and inside testFolderCreation call testLogin. If I were to do more, the testLogin would've been called a number of times!). Should I instead turn the previous steps into regular non-test functions and in the final last one (the test function) call the previous ones in order? If I do it that way then I guess if any of the steps fail, the last one fails, there would be one big test function.
Any suggestions on how you should write this type of test? Also, why are the tests running in reverse order?
Thanks!
