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@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ Some of the things you can do with the test client are:
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everything from low-level HTTP (result headers and status codes) to
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page content.
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-* Test that the correct view is executed for a given URL.
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+* See the chain of redirects (if any) and check the URL and status code at
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+ each step.
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* Test that a given request is rendered by a given Django template, with
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a template context that contains certain values.
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@@ -337,8 +338,8 @@ Note that the test client is not intended to be a replacement for Selenium_ or
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other "in-browser" frameworks. Django's test client has a different focus. In
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short:
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-* Use Django's test client to establish that the correct view is being
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- called and that the view is collecting the correct context data.
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+* Use Django's test client to establish that the correct template is being
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+ rendered and that the template is passed the correct context data.
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* Use in-browser frameworks like Selenium_ to test *rendered* HTML and the
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*behavior* of Web pages, namely JavaScript functionality. Django also
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