I've been trying to write a JUnit test case for one of my Java class which creates a page with some given properties in CQ. For it, it need to get reference of SlingRepository and ResourceResolverFactory. I was using this to get an idea on how to achieve this. In the document it says that a POST to "http://$HOST:$PORT/system/sling/junit/" path is used to execute tests on server side. But in CQ I get a 404 error for this path.
Is there any alternative URL in CQ for this? Or will really appreciate if anyone can suggest a better approach?
Thanks
One approach is to use a Sling test runner to execute the JUnit tests via a browser. This is the approach you are mentioning. We had to first install the code in this JAR (org.apache.sling.junit.core) to add the code that allows the URL you listed to work. Once that code is there, this URL will allow you to run tests using the test runner's built in page to run/display tests: http://localhost:4502/system/sling/junit/). My team did this for a while, but we soon moved to a different approach--using the Intellij IDE to develop the Java code for CQ and write the JUnit tests, then executing them within the IDE using the built-in JUnit test runner. The same approach works in Eclipse. For our team this approach was superior because it allowed developers to remain in context in the IDE without having to switch to a browser to run the tests.
The key is being able to resolve the references to classes that are installed/available via CQ, such as the SlingRepository and ResourceResolverFactory classes--and other stuff we commonly used, such as the Resource, ResourceResolver, Node, and Session classes. We use a CQ extension (http://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/kb/HowToUseCQ5AsMavenRepository.html) to allow our CQ instance to act like a Maven repository. This allows us to export the CQ JARs so we can then reference them as dependencies in the Java projects we create whenever we may need to use some of the classes available via CQ itself.
Once we set up the project dependencies, then we were able to write code--and corresponding unit tests--within the Intellij IDE. We were able to run the tests within the IDE, allowing developers to remain in context and work on the code that will run in CQ just like they work on any Java code (including things like running tests in debug mode or with code coverage, running single tests, running all tests in a class, using keyboard shortcuts to kick off tests, etc.). For us this approach had many advantages over the browser-based Sling test runner, so I recommend this approach.
Some potential considerations:
Exporting from CQ as a Maven repo may not be the best performance--you may want to add things to your own Maven repo for faster access
You may want to script some of the steps so adding project dependencies is not a manual process, but rather is something done via an automated process
You could even export all CQ JARs--or add some scripting to parse out and repackage only the public classes--and make any CQ class available to your Java projects
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I'm a new NUnit user, using NUnit 3.9 under Visual Studio Community 2017. I'm using it on a pet open source library project, and it's going well once I got the hang of it.
The library accesses a publicly available government website via a documented API. Most of my tests use local data, so that I have a stable bed to compare against, and so that I can test without going out to the website every time.
I would like to set it up so that normally, the tests that hit the server do not run. I run the tests over and over as I tweak the code, and just as a matter of courtesy, don't want to bang on the server. Also, I'd like to be able to test even when the remote system is down or when I don't have Internet access.
Is there any way to group or tag my tests so that normally only the ones using local data run, but that I can still, when necessary, run the ones that exercise the server access? Either specifying "run these" or "exclude these" would be fine.
I've grouped the tests into two different classes, UnitTestOffline.cs and UnitTestOnline.cs, and was hoping I could somehow run the tests on a class-by-class basis, but haven't found a way to do that.
You'll get better answers if you say specifically how you run your tests, since there are a number of ways to do it. Since you mention VS2017, I'm going to assume that you are using the NUnit 3 VS Adapter, but let us know if you are using some other approach.
In the VS adapter, use the dropdown to display your tests by class. Right click on the class for which you want to run tests and run them.
If you decide to categorize tests using the CategoryAttribute, you can display tests by "trait" in Visual Studio. As before, right click on the group you want to run tests for and run them.
If you get a lot of tests, you might want to put your unit tests in one assembly and your integration tests in another. In that case, display the tests by project, right click on the project you want and run them.
All of this can also be done using the nunit3-console command-line runner as well. To select by class or category, you use the --where option. To select by assembly, you merely enter the name of the assembly you want on the command-line.
Seems like you want to categorize your tests (unit test, integration tests...) and run only the unit tests... you could use [Category] for that.
In the nunit GUI you could /include /exclude category after that and run only the one you want.
And probably that the filtering of Visual Studio could work.
Try to see one of the solution suggested here as well
When I code in Ruby on Rails, I rely on Guard to listen for changes to the code base so when I'm writing tests, I don't need to manually run the tests in the file I'm working on each time.
https://github.com/guard/guard-rspec
What is the closest thing to thing for django so I can enjoy the same workflow?
Specifically, what I want to do is be able to have tests run, based on:
what run tests based on files I have changed, and not
know whether to run the test command based on whether a test run is currently taking place
work with existing tests written with unittest
work with something like factory boy to let me use factories instead of fixtures
I've used nose before, and pytest and I'm comfortable using both - but I haven't used many of pytests extensive set of libraries.
What are my options for this?
I am beginning a fairly large new project using ColdFusion. This new project will include several developers and as such documentation of code will be key.
Another issue I am hoping to avoid (either with adequate code documentation or some other tool) is the duplication of code. A tool that would be able to "index" the code for searching or diagramming would likely help here.
What are others out there using either specifically for ColdFusion or language agnostic. We will likely be using ColdBox for the underlying framework if that makes a difference.
Thanks for any any all suggestions.
-c
Well, it's impossible to tell you which framework to use without knowing more about your project, but I can list out some tools that will be useful no matter which framework you use.
Language-agnostic tools:
GitHub.com organization+teams
Jenkins continuous integration
Apache ANT build scripts
Apache Maven for project management
Coldfusion-specific tools:
MXunit unit testing framework
MockBox for unit testing (if you use ColdBox: ColdBox-specific tutorial)
ColdDoc documentation generator
Javascript-specific tools:
JSLint or JSHint for JS code cleanup
Jasmine unit testing
Ideally, your Jenkins build server should:
Do a fresh checkout from source control
Run all unit tests and stop the build if they fail
Generate documentation
Generate a production-ready package of your project
At a minimum, I highly recommend using source control, setting up Jenkins with MXunit tests, and scheduling daily automated builds.
We used the Atlassian suite at my last job. Mostly Jira for tracking and Greenhopper for agile but the other tools may help, fisheye, bamboo, and crucible. If you host it yourself I believe they have a one time $10/product price tag that. Depending on your team's size may or may not work. If money is no subject the suite worked really nicely. It also has built in support for svn and maybe more by now.
http://www.atlassian.com/software
Sounds to me what you need is a methodology, not a tool. If you have a clearly defined set of objects/responsibilities. There should be no crossover in scripting, and if you determine a common API for the objects being coded, I would think you'd be fine.
I am trying to start unit testing an MVC2 project, which uses the Entity Framework. When I run my "hello world" test, it fails saying this:
The specified named connection is
either not found in the configuration,
not intended to be used with the
EntityClient provider, or not valid.
How can I pass the connection data (which were generated by the Entity Framework and are in the main Web.config) to the testing project?
Thanks
Depending on what unit testing framework you use you could try adding an app.config to your test-project with the right settings for EF. This works with xUnit.Net and I'm pretty sure most other test-frameworks also support this.
For completeness I do need to warn you that tests that touch the database aren't unit-tests but integration tests. Those are useful too but can become a hassle to maintain when your code changes. It's usually a good idea to test small pieces of code in isolation, this gets around problems like you describe because you won't need to access the database at all.
I would recommended using Dev Magic Fake to Mock the UI without need to use Entity framework or even DB, using Dev Magic Fake, you can run your MVC project and run the unit test without need for any DAL
for more information http://devmagicfake.codeplex.com/
Thanks
I'm just getting started with a project that combines GWT, Google App Engine and the Google Eclipse plugin. Where is the best place to store my tests? I normally keep my code organized Maven-style, with src/main/java, and tests in src/test/java. The default setup I get from the plugin dumped my source directly into src, which I'm not too fond of, but I'd prefer not to fight against the tools. What's the "standard" place to put unit tests in such a project?
Solution:
create src/main/java, move the existing code under there
create src/test/java, add your tests here
go to Project -> Properties -> Java Build Path, add the new locations as Source Folders.
I've faced a kind of problem woth GAE testing: Some tests require an appengine-testing.jar wich conflicts with the main appengine-api-xxx.jar of the poject. That way, I was able to run tests for GAE but it conflicted with a normal run/debug launch. To be able to run the app in my local machine, I had to remove the appengine-testing.jar and then, a lot of compilation errors appeared in my test/ clases.
If you want an advice, set your test clases in another project (where you can use the jars without conflict)
Otherwise, if you got make it work, please, tell me how did you do.
Thanks a lot.
Put it where it pains you least.
GWT on Google App Engine is pretty new at this point; you are
optimistic to expect there is a "standard" place, especially since
you've already found an inconsistency in what the tools do.
Since you've already accepted the source starting at "src/", why not
put the test source in "test/"? This is certainly standard in many
contexts.