Step 3 - Running Automatic Builds And Tests

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If you've installed all of the optional tools described on Step 1 - How To Set Up Your Development Environment then you can automate your build and test process.

Using Ant, Selenium, and CubicTest, this can start up and test the base build to see that everything is working from scratch.This is the preferred way to do testing -- automated tests are much more thorough than anything an individual can do.

1. Make sure that you DON'T have anything important in your MySQL database named "wsttemptest" nor "wsttemptestsurvey". These MySQL databases will be wiped clean every time you launch the test framework. Also make sure that you DON'T have a launch profile in Eclipse that's named "websurveytoolbox" nor "wsttemptestsurvey" because these will be overwritten in this automatic build process.
2. Edit SeleniumCubicTest/tomcatFromScratch/build.properties
   1. Read the directions in there about how to customize this file.
3. Let's install a quick shortcut to building, deploying, and testing, your code.
   (Note that every time you checkout and there's been an update to the "WST_EclipseHelper_Plugin" project you'll want to do this again).
   1. In Eclipse, go to "File -> Export ..."
   2. Under "Plug-In Development" choose "Deployable plug-ins and fragments". Click "Next".
   3. Check the box next to "WST_Eclipse_Helper_Plugin".
   4. Click the radio button "Install into host"
   5. Click "Finish"
   6. When Eclipse asks if you want to restart, say "Yes".
4. In Eclipse, go to the "WST" menu and click "Build And Run Tests" every time you want to test out your code. It'll build, run the full test suite, and report on errors.
5. Watch the test fly by!

You may want to add your own tests for new features you develop -- you may want to put these in your own test file or add them to TestFromScratch.aat.

Whenever you add a feature, you should add it to the Selenium Automatic Test.

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