TDD to check the layout

[shagil]

Hi All,
 
We are going to develop an application which arrange the UI components based on user inputs.
How to write a test to check the layout of the UI? Or just checking the (x,y) position of the component is enough?

Thanks in advance
Shagil



     

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[Mark Levison-2]

Shagil - What benefit will you derive from testing this? How many bugs will
you miss if you don't test this? If you do test this will your tests become
fragile and break every day due to small changes in the UI?

Cheers
Mark

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[Charlie Poole-4]

Hi Shagil,

From a unit-test perspective, there are two things to check here...

1) Is the user input being correctly translated to a position
2) Is the saved position used correctly in the display

I'd make sure to test these two aspects of the solution separately.

Charlie

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> Hi All,
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> We are going to develop an application which arrange the UI
> components based on user inputs.
> How to write a test to check the layout of the UI? Or just
> checking the (x,y) position of the component is enough?
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> Thanks in advance
> Shagil
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