Issue #313: Step definition for placing block

[subhojit777]

Issue #313
This is just the start, let me know if I am going in the right direction.

This is only for Drupal 7

[jhedstrom]

@subhojit777 this looks like a good start.

One thought though, is that since this is using the admin UI to place the blocks, it ties it (as you mention) directly to Drupal 7. I would prefer adding the place block method to the https://github.com/jhedstrom/DrupalDriver, and then this new step definition need only call a method, rather than placing the blocks through the UI. This would have the added benefit of supporting more than one version of Drupal.

Once that is done, we can add a new test in features to verify the behavior.

[subhojit777]

But using DrupalDriver we won't be able to access the UI. I haven't tried this before, but we might be able to place the block by running an update query in the block table (atleast in Drupal 7) - may be that can work. But the challenge is to obtain the block delta. For example, facetapi it generates a hash-ed block delta, and then again we have to access facetapi's API to generate the hash-ed delta. This will add dependency to the project.

[subhojit777]

Using Mink inside the DrupalDriver will also defeat its purpose.

[jhedstrom]

But using DrupalDriver we won't be able to access the UI

Using Mink inside the DrupalDriver will also defeat its purpose.

Right--from the Drupal Driver, the API itself would be used to place the block. A step definition for placing a block probably doesn't need to use the UI, unless the express purpose was to test the UI itself, in which case that would be outside the scope of this project.