Roundup '11 - Functional Testing

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Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2011 in Crested Butte, CO. A discussion about functional testing at all levels of the software development stack.

• Selenium
• http://code.google.com/p/selenium/?redir=1
• Javascript MVC
• http://javascriptmvc.com/
• WebDriver
• http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/05/introducing-webdriver.html
• Flex
• http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
• http://www.ranorex.com/product/automated-ui-testing-of-flash-flex-applications.html
• Rational Functional Test
• http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/functional/
• Sikuli
• http://sikuli.org/
• HP Performance Tester
• http://h50281.www5.hp.com/software/performance.html
• Test Swarm
• http://ejohn.org/blog/test-swarm-alpha-open/
• Symbian
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian
• ReST
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203495/testing-rest-webservices
• GWT RPC
• http://www.gdevelop.com/blog/2010/01/testing-gwt-rpc-services/
• Fuzz Testing
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-fuzztest/index.html
• Test Credit Card Numbers
• http://help.ablecommerce.com/mergedProjects/ac55merchant/payment_gateways/ac5payproc.htm
• DBUnit
• http://dbunit.sourceforge.net/
• DSLs (Domain Specific Languages) and Testing
• http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/DomainSpecificLanguage.html
• http://www.infoq.com/vendorcontent/show.action?vcr=1424
• Jenkins
• http://jenkins-ci.org/
• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/JobConfigHistory+Plugin
• TDD - Test Driven Development
• http://www.agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TestDrivenDevelopment

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Newscast for April 15th 2011

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• Oracle talks more about its plans for Java
• http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62166

• "The Ceylon Project - The Next Generation of the Java Language"
• http://blog.talawah.net/2011/04/gavin-king-unviels-red-hats-top-secret.html
• http://devstonez.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/introducing-the-ceylon-project-gavin-king-presentation-at-qcon-beijing-2011/

Quick News

• *Sponsor* - Contant Contact is seeking several skilled Java engineers for positions in Boston and San Francisco.
• http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp?src=javaposse

• Oracle is producing a new, free, digital magazine all about Java.
• http://www.java.net/external?url=http://terrencebarr.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/new-free-java-magazine-sign-up-today/

• Glassfish 3.1 has been released.
• http://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1-final.html
• http://glassfish.java.net/

• Gradle 1.0 milestone 2 has been released
• http://wiki.gradle.org/display/GRADLE/2011/04/09/Gradle+1.0-milestone-2+released

ScalaWags

• Scala training:
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/9083
• http://www.artima.com/shop/scala_ann_arbor

• And other Scala events:
• http://scalathon.org/projects.html
• http://blog.yuvimasory.com/2011/04/scalathon-how-you-can-help.html

• ScalaDays 2011.
• http://days2011.scala-lang.org/

• The original Programming in Scala book, published by Artima and written by Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon and Bill Venners, is now available for free in HTML form.
• http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/

Android

• CyanogenMod 7.0 final released.
• http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-7-0-released
• https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_vendor_cyanogen/blob/gingerbread/CHANGELOG.mkdn

• source for Honeycomb (the tablet version of Android) has been delayed and does not yet have a release date.
• http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-think-im-having-gene-amdahl-moment.html

• Motorola Xoom tablet has only sold about 100,000 units so far.
• http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/motorola-xoom-sales-disappoint-only-100000-un
• http://www.androidauthority.com/upcoming-samsung-galaxy-tablets-to-be-lighter-and-thinner-then-ipad-2-10980/
• http://androidcommunity.com/google-nexus-tablet-by-lg-in-pipeline-for-mid-summer-launch-20110328/
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/04/06/asus-eee-pad-transformer-official-specs-pics/
• http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
• To contact us:
• Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
• Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
• Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
• Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
• Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Technical Leadership

Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2011 in Crested Butte, CO

• Mentoring and Coaching
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentorship
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaching
• Ruby
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
• Ruby Koans
• http://rubykoans.com/
• Open Space Conferences
• http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-Openspace.html
• Skype Video Conference
• http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/video-call/
• Google IO Videos
• http://www.google.com/events/io/2010/
• Brainshark
• http://presentation.brainshark.com/
• Camtasia
• http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/
• Small Giants
• http://www.smallgiantsbook.com/
• A Tale of Two Agilities - Barry Hawkins (NSFW, Some Swearing :-) )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xory3pH40t0

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)

• To contact us:
• Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
• Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
• Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
• Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
• Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Upcoming Escalate scala training: http://escalatesoft.com/training

• Honeycomb (Android 3.0), but whither the source code?
• http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/03/android-openness-withering-as-google-withhold-honeycomb-code.ars
• http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2008/04/google-talks-up-android-open-ecosystems-lead-to-innovation.ars
• http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc20110324_269784.htm
• http://www.intomobile.com/2011/03/28/does-google-think-can-stop-honeycomb-porting/
• http://www.slashgear.com/android-3-0-honeycomb-rom-for-nookcolor-released-01129712/
• http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/31/google-tightening-control-over-android-as-fragmentation-increases/

• JDK 7, project coin, etc.
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2011-March/thread.html
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/03/25/brief-look-java-se-7-non-java-language-support
• http://www.java.net/external?url=http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/jdk7_preview

• Google hires James Gosling
• http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/28/google.recruits.java.maker.gosling.in.android.move/
• http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/28/1634259/Java-Creator-James-Gosling-Hired-At-Google?from=rss
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/2240033442/James-Gosling-riffs-at-TSSJS-keynote

• Oracle news roundup
• http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/as-recovery-drives-big-data-growth-oracle-earnings-soar-74-percent/
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/sonyabarry/archive/2011/03/16/two-weeks-are-things-little-better-now
• http://drizzle.org/

Quick News

• *Sponsor* - Constant Contact is seeking several skilled Java engineers for positions in Boston and San Francisco.
• http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp?src=javaposse

• Netbeans 7.0 RC1 out now
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/netbeans_7_0_rc_1

• Guice 3.0 released.
• http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62099

• Grizzly 2.0 has been released.
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/grizzly_2_0_is_here

• Eclipse Gatling Gun:
• Ian Skerrit has shared some of the highlights from EclipseCon 2011 on his blog.
• http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipsecon-2011-highlights
• Open beta for Orion
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110321_orionhub.php
• http://java.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-orion
• The eclipse board election results were also announced.
• http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/2011-eclipse-board-election-results/
• The eclipse community awards were also presented. Full list of winners in the link in the shownotes
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110321_awardwinners.php
• EclipseCon Europe 2011 has been announced to be held in Ludwigsburg, Germany from November 2nd to the 4th.
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110324_eclipseconeurope2011.php

ScalaWags

• Scala 2.9.0 RC1, plus Scala IDE 2.0.0 Beta 1
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/8976
• http://download.scala-ide.org/
• http://www.scala-ide.org/2011/03/the-next-development-phase-for-the-scala-ide-for-eclipse/

Android

• The android Gatling Gun
• The firefox browser 4.0 for Android is now final.
• http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/29/mozilla-launches-firefox-4-for-android-
  allowing-users-to-take-the-power-and-customization-of-firefox-everywhere-2/
• The Nook Color will get it's own Barnes and Noble backed App Store in April, and will also receive an update to let it run Flash.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/25/nook-color-app-store-flash-april/
• Motorola has confirmed that the price for the upcoming Xoom wifi will be $600.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/16/motorola-confirms-wifi-xoom-600/
• Sprint has announced the Nexus S 4G.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/21/sprint-announces-nexus-4g/
• Samsung has unveiled two new galaxy tablets, an 8.9" and a 10.1".
• http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/
• LG and T-Mobile have announced pricing for the upcoming G-Slate.
• http://mobile-broadband.t-mobile.com/android-tablet/g-slate
• More details about the RIM playbook tablet confirm the rumors that it will run Android applications.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/25/rim-playbook-confirmed-run-android-applications/
• Google has responded to Microsoft's latest android lawsuit.
• http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/google-android-microsoft/
• And the Amazon App Store for Android has gone live.
• http://www.amazon.com/apps

Random Crap

• AT&T buying T-mobile
• http://mashable.com/2011/03/20/att-tmobile-2/
• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214853/AT_T_takeover_of_T_Mobile_Winners_losers

• Amazon cloud drive and music service
• http://lifehacker.com/#!5786686/amazon-cloud-drive-stores-5-gb-of-your-stuff-online-and-streams-your-music-back-to-you

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)

• To contact us:
• Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
• Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
• Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
• Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
• Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall