better test_web.py, thanks Niphlod

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.5-stable+timestamp.2013.03.21.11.29.00
+Version 2.4.5-stable+timestamp.2013.03.21.12.03.58

gluon/tests/test_web.py

@@ -11,11 +11,58 @@ else:
     sys.path.append(os.path.realpath('../'))
 
 import unittest
+import subprocess
+import time
+import signal
 from contrib.webclient import WebClient
 
+webserverprocess = None
 
-class TestWeb(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testWebClient(self):
+def startwebserver():
+    global webserverprocess
+    webserverprocess = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, 'web2py.py', '-a',  'testpass'])
+    print 'Sleeping before web2py starts...'
+    for a in range(1,11):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        print a, '...'
+    print ''
+
+def terminate_process(pid):
+    #Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1064335/in-python-2-5-how-do-i-kill-a-subprocess
+    # all this shit is because we are stuck with Python 2.5 and \
+    #we cannot use Popen.terminate()
+    if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+        import ctypes
+        PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
+        handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
+        ctypes.windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
+        ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle)
+    else:
+        os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+
+def stopwebserver():
+    global webserverprocess
+    print 'Killing webserver'
+    if sys.version_info < (2,6):
+        terminate_process(webserverprocess.pid)
+    else:
+        webserverprocess.terminate()
+
+
+class LiveTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        startwebserver()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        stopwebserver()
+
+
+
+class TestWeb(LiveTest):
+    def testRegisterAndLogin(self):
         client = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/welcome/default/')
 
         client.get('index')
@@ -40,7 +87,7 @@ class TestWeb(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # check registration and login were successful
         client.get('index')
-        print client.text
+
         self.assertTrue('Welcome Homer' in client.text)
 
         client = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/')
@@ -48,9 +95,7 @@ class TestWeb(unittest.TestCase):
         client.get('site')
         client.get('design/welcome')
 
-
-class TestStaticCacheControl(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testWebClient(self):
+    def testStaticCache(self):
         s = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/welcome/')
         s.get('static/js/web2py.js')
         assert('expires' not in s.headers)
@@ -61,5 +106,6 @@ class TestStaticCacheControl(unittest.TestCase):
         assert('expires' in s.headers)
         assert(s.headers['cache-control'].startswith('max-age'))
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()