According to the unit test gurus, more than one or two assertions about different things in a unit test is an anti-pattern: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4732827/continuing-in-pythons-unittest-when-an-assertion-fails#4733120
I generally agree with this answer.
But what about integration/functional tests, such as Selenium automated browser tests? Let's say there's a bunch of setup to get the application in the state where assertions can be made. Then the page must change state again after the assertions to take it to another state where more assertions are made?
Better to have all that setup in a fixture and run multiple tests, doing each assertion in a separate test method? This is cleaner, more focused, and easier to figure out assertion failures, but a bit pedantic.
Then what about strategies to continue on assertions failures, which I find useless since if an earlier assertion failed, it makes later assertions questionable. xunit frameworks don't generally allow this natively, while functional test frameworks like Robot Framework do. Is it OK to do this in your opinion?
What is generally considered end-to-end automation best-practice in these areas by the pros?