On Thursday 05 June 2008 09:39:58 Bruce Snyder wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM, Lars Heinemann > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bruce, > > > > there is one big backdraw on your suggestion. > > The quality of the testing is very dependent to the quality of the mock > > classes used. After running such tests you can never say that a component > > works with either smx3 or smx4 as they were never really tested with the > > containers itself. > > Yes, I do admit that true integration testing is not achieved. But > honestly, the lack of testing and lack of consistency in the testing > of components today needs to be rectified.
--> I agree. But then it would be faster and imho more effective to spend additional time in test improvements instead of dropping our current testing and do complete new mockup tests. > This is also why splitting > them into their own projects is a good idea. We're hoping that this > refactor will get each component more attention because it will lower > the barrier to entry in working on a single component. --> Agreed. This will of course lower the barrier to startup component development and hopefully attract more developers for the project. > > Bruce
