# Web Application Testing Framework

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-application-testing-framework/129041>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 13, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-application-testing-framework/129041 "2008-02-13T18:56:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-application-testing-framework/129041/1 "2008-02-13T18:56:01Z")

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Hello,

I have been searching the forums here, but haven’t found a thread on  
what I am looking for. We would like to build a RoR application as an  
automated test framework for testing _another_ web application. All of  
the posts I have seen in this forum, the Rails test infrastructure is  
for testing the Rails application itself. However, that is not what we  
are looking for.

Rather, we would like the Rails application to store the test attributes  
(Name, Functional Area, Status, Start Time, End Time, Elapsed Time).  
The functional test infrastructure in Rails would store the tests that  
exercise our web application.

I like the notion of FIT to use table driven testing. It is a handy way  
to describe the test scenarios and test data.

Is this the correct application for Rails? Has someone already created  
a test framework using Rails? How to combine the FIT model with the  
Rails Model?

Thanks in Advance.