George,
the example for Ant exists already. If you look at the list of
examples, you'll find the trader-ant example with a standalone build.xml
(and also referred to in
http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/running-examples.html)
I've added a README file with further instructions, but the build.xml is
already self-explanatory for someone familiar with Ant.
The trader-ant example can be used both in command-line: e.g. ant build
-Djbehave.version=3.5.4 and in IDE, after adding the jars to the
classpath. The jars are downloaded to the target/lib directory by the
command-line ant task.
Note that the src of the example resides in ../trader/src/main - so
you'll need to either copy it or point to it. The ant build.xml is
configured to use it.
Hope that helps. Cheers
On 10/12/2011 05:25, George Dinwiddie wrote:
Mauro,
On 12/9/11 12:47 PM, Mauro Talevi wrote:
George,
thanks for the feedback - always appreciated - but I'm rather puzzled as
to some of your example comments. E.g.
"I would expect
http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/running-examples.html to tell me how
to execute the examples, preferably in different ways". To me that's
what the page does.
Oh, it leaves me puzzled. I suppose if I were an expert at Maven, it
would be clear to me. But I'm not, and becoming an expert in Maven
isn't my current goal. What should I type on the command line to run
the gameoflife example?
Similarly, you when you say that "it took a small note (not prominently
displayed) on from http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/dependencies.html
that lead me to the POM file that downloaded the dependencies."
On that page, under the "Apache Ant" section, it's the first and most
prominent things it says.
Yes, I suppose if I'd been trying to use Ant, I would have notice
that. I was just trying to resolve the dependencies after loading the
source into Eclipse. I don't normally set up an Ant build.xml just to
compile some example code.
And in the "Getting Started" page, it states under the "Run Story"
section:
"Be sure to check that you have all the required dependencies
<http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/dependencies.html> in your
classpath."
Perhaps, you could contribute some documentation that explains the
getting started from your point of view and how you'd like it explained.
We're always happy to improve via users' contributions.
If I could get started, perhaps I could do that.
A small and simple example that actually specified what I had to put
on the classpath and what I had to type on the command line would go a
long way. I can build on a small success. I'm stymied when it
doesn't do anything at all.
What is the simplest and smallest way to get started?
As for the running of examples, what's written in the Getting Started
page is just a guideline. You should try to run an example from the ones
in source code and if it fails tell us how you're running it. Or
contribute your own example.
I recounted how it fails:
It says, "Open your favourite IDE, the ICanToggleACell.java class
will allow itself to run as a JUnit test." In Eclipse, JUnit is
reporting "no tests found."
What do you mean "allow itself to run as a JUnit test?" It seems to
be hiding from JUnit, in my limited experience.
- George
Cheers
On 09/12/2011 16:03, George Dinwiddie wrote:
Mauro,
On 12/9/11 7:39 AM, Mauro Talevi wrote:
Hi George,
have you look at
http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/getting-started.html?
Yes, that's the page I started with. It's remarkably light on examples.
It says, "Open your favourite IDE, the ICanToggleACell.java class will
allow itself to run as a JUnit test." In Eclipse, JUnit is reporting
"no tests found."
The http://jbehave.org is just a wordpress facade to multiple
reference
guides, but it may be better to replace it with a static frontend to
that it'd be easier to navigate to docs and control the contents of
the
welcome page.
If I may be so bold, I'd suggest that a reader focus might be more
helpful. Think about the goals in the minds of the users who come to
the site, and offer pages for those goals.
For example, I would expect
http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/running-examples.html to tell me
how to execute the examples, preferably in different ways (e.g. from
Maven, Ant, JUnit, Command Line). Instead, the information is rather
sketchy. For example, it took a small note (not prominently displayed)
on from http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/dependencies.html that
lead me to the POM file that downloaded the dependencies. (More
dependencies than I needed for getting started, even though a few
failed. I suspect obsolescence in the POM.) I've spent much time
wandering the website looking for tidbits of information that might
prove helpful.
For the examples, they are mostly using Maven but there are also
Ant-based ones:
http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/examples-modules.html
In any case, to answer your question: yes, you can run the stories in
multiple ways: either in IDE or in CLI, via Ant or Maven.
You've been able to run the Story via JUnit in IDE. Have a look at the
examples for running in CLI.
I'm not yet able to run this story via JUnit in the IDE. That's why
I'm asking here.
Which of the examples shows running in CLI? I don't see anything in
the gameoflife example that makes that clear to me.
- George
Cheers
On 08/12/2011 15:39, George Dinwiddie wrote:
I'm finding it surprisingly difficult to get started with JBehave,
when I find Cucumber so easy to use. Mostly it's my unfamiliarity
with
Maven, but some of it seems to be difficulty in finding current
information on jbehave.org. Please bear with my ignorant questions
and
help me move forward.
I've got the gameoflife example loaded into Eclipse. It compiles and
runs the junit tests.
My current question: How can I run the stories either from the
command
line or within the Eclipse junit runner?
thanks,
George
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