The Java Posse : Java Posse #316 - Roundup '10

Tor Norbye (Google), Carl Quinn (Netflix), Dick Wall (Escalate), Chet Haase (Google)

Fri, 23 July 2010

Java Posse #316 - Roundup '10 - Life Beyond JUnit

Life Beyond JUnit

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Test driven development and automation techniques - recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in Crested Butte, CO

Fitnesse
- http://fitnesse.org/
Slim for Fitnesse
- http://fitnesse.org/FitNesse.UserGuide.SliM
Cucumber
- http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber
RSpec
- http://rspec.info/
EasyB
- http://www.easyb.org/
Test Driven Development - requirements are testable
- http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/test-driven-development
Behavior Driven Development
- http://behaviour-driven.org/
Selenium
- http://seleniumhq.org/
Functional testing
- http://www.devbistro.com/articles/Testing/Requirements-Based-Functional-Testing
Generated test data
- http://java-source.net/open-source/testing-tools/testgen4j
Useful collection of open source Java testing tools
- http://java-source.net/open-source/testing-tools
Combinatorial explosion
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_explosion
Regression testing
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_testing
Data Transfer Objects
- http://gojko.net/FitNesse/book/ch05s03.html
Code coverage
- Emma - http://emma.sourceforge.net/
- Cobertura - http://cobertura.sourceforge.net/
- Clover - http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/
Findbugs
- http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/
Infinitest
- http://improvingworks.com/products/infinitest/
ZenTest
- http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/ZenTest/
Scala testing tools
- ScalaTest - http://www.artima.com/scalatest/
- ScalaCheck - http://code.google.com/p/scalacheck/
- Specs - http://specs.googlecode.com
- SBT - http://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/
Five whys to the root cause
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys
PMD & PMDs copy/paste detector
- http://pmd.sourceforge.net/
- http://pmd.sourceforge.net/cpd.html
Hudson
- https://hudson.dev.java.net/
Testing deficit
- http://www.agilejournal.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=553

Thanks

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Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
Theme Music:
- Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
  - written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
  - Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
  - Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
- Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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