Chapter 7. Testing GWT Applications

This book shows you how to develop GWT applications. As testing has become an integral part of the software development process, we feel that a book about building GWT applications wouldn't be complete without a chapter on testing.

In this chapter, we'll first explore what testing actually is and what types of testing we can distinguish. Then we'll go into more detail on unit testing, introducing JUnit, the unit test tool that comes with GWT. Next, we'll focus on a tool for doing functional testing, Selenium. Then we'll end the chapter by discussing the support GWT provides for benchmarking code developed using GWT.

What Is Testing?

A great deal of misunderstanding surrounds testing. Many developers consider it ...

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