Do it Live

Do it Live is a utility Drupal module. It contains helpers for writing and running SimpleTest cases intended for active site maintenance (as opposed to Core/Contrib generic CMS functionality).

Features

• Includes a LiveWebTestCase class that can be extended for running Web test cases against the active database.
• Includes a drush command file that adds a drush test-run command (which is almost identical to the command included in drush versions 6.x and earlier). Useful for running your tests on a remote pre-production environment.

Drupal 8 support coming soon.

Getting started

Before you get started, you should be familiar with the process for writing SimpleTests cases in Drupal.

A sample test class might look like this:

/**
 * @file
 * You might put this in my_custom_module.test
 */

// Extend from the LiveWebTestCase class to run these tests against the active DB.
class MyCustomModuleTestCase extends LiveWebTestCase {

  protected $old_cache_value;

  public function setUp() {
    // If you implement the setUp method, be sure to call the parent.
    parent::setUp();

    // Perhaps your tests depend on the cache being disabled.
    $this->old_cache_value = variable_get('cache', FALSE);
    variable_set('cache', FALSE);
  }

  public function tearDown() {
    parent::tearDown();

    // Restore the original cache value.
    variable_set('cache', $this->old_cache_value);
  }

  /**
   * Tests some functionality custom to your site.
   */
  public function testSomeFunctionality() {
    $this->drupalGet('path/to/your/page');
    $this->assertText('Expected text', 'Did not find expected text on page.');
  }

}