I saw that Drupal 7 includes some kind of testing framework (I haven't tried it out yet since my existing sites are still in Drupal 6 and likely won't migrate any time soon). How can you write automated testing for a Drupal 6 site, is there a module for this? How much can actually be tested automatically rather than requiring manual testing?
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4This topic is already well covered in the Drupal documentation (at drupal.org/simpletest). IMHO, to properly answer this kind of question in the Drupal community spirit one would either point to the existing documentation or write a long response that should actually be contributed as documentation on drupal.org and not on stackexchange.com– Pierre BuyleCommented Mar 3, 2011 at 13:42
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1This is really broad: similar to "how do I build X site in Drupal?"– user7Commented Mar 3, 2011 at 21:49
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1While broad, I think this is an important question, especially for new Drupalers. It also will provide a place for more discussion which will help all Drupalers as this site goes public. I also disagree that it's the same as "how do I build X". This is not as open ended. There are clear steps to be followed for all sites, making this a very relevant topic to every Drupal site out there.– ChaulkyCommented Mar 3, 2011 at 23:22
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http://drupal.org/project/simpletest - it provides essentially the same testing API as the core D7 module and you still have to write the tests yourself. There is also http://drupal.org/project/simpletest_automator that apparently will help you 'record' your actions on a site into a SimpleTest for you.
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For site testing you may not find Simpletest the best solution. It's designed to test code, rather than the behavior of a site. You may be interested in more big-picture testing tools like Selenium, as Dave Reid mentioned.
A number of contributed modules for Drupal 6 includes simpletests. If you need inspiration take a look at the Date module for instance.
