Re:If it goes somewhere, it’s a link. If it does something, ...
by yakshaving_jgt on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:40AM
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I don't think either of us are going to convince the other. I've built large, complex systems with both approaches, and I'm assuming you have too.
> How do you test that the HTML/JS generated by the server actually show a modal?
You can test for the existence of markup on page load. You can't test that some JavaScript for displaying a modal has run without running a JavaScript runtime, i.e., a [headless] browser.
In most cases, just loading a page which displays the appropriate information for the user is cheaper to test and implement, and usually is a better experience for the user also. It depends of course — this would not be true of an application like Google Maps. Most web applications aren't Google Maps though.
> How do you test that the HTML/JS generated by the server actually show a modal?
You can test for the existence of markup on page load. You can't test that some JavaScript for displaying a modal has run without running a JavaScript runtime, i.e., a [headless] browser.
In most cases, just loading a page which displays the appropriate information for the user is cheaper to test and implement, and usually is a better experience for the user also. It depends of course — this would not be true of an application like Google Maps. Most web applications aren't Google Maps though.