Paul, Did you make anymore progress with this? I'm looking for unit testing tool for CFCs.
Thanks Kola >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Paul Kenney >> Sent: 19 March 2004 20:11 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [CFCDev] JUnit with Cold Fusion >> >> Really, CFUnit is just a shallow implementation of JUnit (I wouldn't >> really >> call it a port). >> >> CFUnit only has two components, TestCase and TestSuite. These two >> classes >> are responsible for running the tests, collecting the test info and >> displaying the results. Really compact, but difficult to extend because >> everything goes on in these two objects. They are also tightly coupled >> to >> the HTML presentation layer. With Junit, you have TestRunner, >> TestListener, >> and TestResults, TestCase and TestSuite. >> >> TestRunner is the class that is responsible for collecting all the >> TestCase >> objects, executing each of them, collecting the results of each test, and >> providing the results to TestListener objects and the caller. >> >> TestListener provides an interface for notifcations from the TestRunner >> (or >> whoever wants to send it a message) upon the beginning of each test, the >> end >> of each test, and any failure encountered within that test. TestListener >> is >> really just an interface that you implement, and you can do anything you >> want with the information provided through the notification interface. >> This >> follows the Observer pattern. Custom Listeners can be added to the >> TestRunner via an "addListener" method. >> >> TestCase is extended by the test writer. For each public method starting >> with "test" and returning void, a TestCase is created and run by the >> TestRunner. >> >> TestSuite is responsible for aggregating TestCases that are to be run >> together. TestSuite objects can also contain other TestSuite objects >> (ala >> Composite pattern) >> >> TestResults is passed into each TestCase as a Collecting Parameter by the >> TestRunner. The TestCase records success/failure/error information to >> the >> TestResults object. When the run of tests is over, the TestRunner's >> execute() method returns the TestResults to the caller. >> >> >> Using and extending these basic (and decoupled) components, you can >> create >> different kinds of variations on the general framework. Right now, I >> have a >> simple Text UI and a more elaborate HTML presentation. One thing I have >> been thinking about is writing a test runner that could be run through >> Dreamweaver as a floating panel using remote calls to the CF Server (kind >> of >> like is attempted with the CF Debug panel). I just have to write a new >> presentation layer in HTML/JS in DWMX and a new remote interface on the >> server. >> >> >> CFUnit is great, but I think this is just better ;). >> >> BTW, I'll be giving a lecture on this at SacCFUG in May. >> >> >> >> Paul Kenney >> WebMaster, CorporateWarriors.com >> 916-663-1963 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >> Of Sean A Corfield >> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:01 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [CFCDev] JUnit with Cold Fusion >> >> >> On Mar 19, 2004, at 10:51 AM, Paul Kenney wrote: >> > When I first saw CFUnit, I thought "cool!", but what if... >> > >> > So I looked at Junit and decided that a faithful port to CFML that >> > followed >> > the JUnit API as closely as possible could be really useful. >> >> Hmm, I was under the impression that CFUnit was already a port of JUnit >> to CFMX? Could you briefly explain how different it is? (I'm not >> particularly familiar with either). >> >> Thanx, >> Sean >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' >> in the message of the email. >> >> CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported >> by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). >> >> An archive of the CFCDev list is available at >> www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' >> in the message of the email. >> >> CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported >> by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). >> >> An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail- >> archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
