Isn't the Myfaces test (svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/test) not the successor of shale test ?
Automated test are indeed very useful, an alternative (easier to set up maybe) of JSFUnit would be great. Regards, Rudy. On 26 March 2010 12:38, Gerhard Petracek <gerhard.petra...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi jakob, > > additions: > > #1: yesterday (in our discussion about it) we also talked about a > replacement for shale-test (e.g. based on easymock or mockito or ...). > #2: since we also need it for sub-projects like extval, codi,... we should > create e.g. a new extensions- or myfaces-commons-module for it. > > regards, > gerhard > > > http://www.irian.at > > Your JSF powerhouse - > JSF Consulting, Development and > Courses in English and German > > Professional Support for Apache MyFaces > > 2010/3/26 Jakob Korherr <jakob.korh...@gmail.com> > > Hi, >> >> As we currently only have normal JUnit tests for automated testing in >> MyFaces Core, it would be really great to have a way to test MyFaces Core >> automatically in a real webapp at build time with maven. Of course, we >> currently have the test-webapp, but we still have to check each page >> manually here, if we want to test everything, which is long-winded. >> >> To accomplish something like that we could use test frameworks like e.g. >> Canoo WebTest or HttpUnit + Jetty or something similar. I also want to >> mention JSFUnit here, although we won't be able to use it since it is LGPL >> licensed. >> >> The goal of this GSoC project would be to find alternatives and also to >> find the best-fitting test framework for MyFaces Core. Then the goal would >> be to integrate it with MyFaces Core, to define rules and provide how-tos >> and to write a bunch of test cases. >> >> This would help us enormously in ensuring and improving the quality of >> MyFaces Core by getting a far bigger test coverage and more possibilities to >> test. >> >> What do you think? Are there any students who are interested in working on >> this? >> >> Regards, >> Jakob >> > >
