#junit

Sometimes, when we get pull requests for jOOQ or our other libraries, people change the code in our unit tests to be more “idiomatic JUnit”.

Nicolai Parlog shares what some crowd-funded backing and a committed group of Java test enthusiasts can produce in the first instalment of JUnit Lambda. Before work begins on their alpha version, Parlog takes a look at the basic features of the project.

With JUnit’s crowdfunding campaign gaining traction, we’re all for further development of the popular unit testing tool. Johannes Link reveals in this JAXenter interview where the problems currently lie with JUnit and how these might be addressed in a possible JUnit 5.0.

With Scala as a language getting several new intricacies, you need a tool capable of testing them. Look no further…

Ellery Crane explores Groovy browser automation solution Geb and how it can be used to write easy and top-notch functional tests.

PLUS, first beta of Cassandra 1.0.0, and LucidDB 0.9.4 released with new AdminUI.

The first release of Seam JCR Module and TestNG 6.0 released.

PLUS, Gradle 1.0 M1 and bug fixes for Scala-based Scalate template engine.

OSLC Open Source project aims to provide tools to support the specification process.

PLUS, Bamboo 2.7 with out-of-the-box Mercurial (Hg) support.

PLUS, Avro serialisation system adds new methods to server interface and Pax Exam 1.2.2.

Web testing, screen scraping and process automation tool reaches 0.4.

Version 1.1 of Citrus test framework supports JUnit, JMS topic, and Spring Integration MessageChannel.

Griffon 0.9 – now with Groovy 1.7.3!