Category Archives: testing

Jacoco, Tycho, and Coverage Reports

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

It’s been a while since I posted here.  Most of my postings are now on Google+ or via twitter.  However, neither place does well for code snippets so here I am.   If you are using Tycho and want Java … Continue reading →

Posted in build, craftsmanship, eclipse, maven, release engineering, testing, tycho | 7 Comments

Testing Turmeric SOA Web Services

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

With the recent release of Turmeric SOA 1.1.0, I thought it was a good time to revist some of the tutorials around Turmeric.  While working on updating some these, I realised we can make testing of the web services a … Continue reading →

Posted in eclipse, testing, turmeric, web services, wsdl | 3 Comments

Developing a M2E 1.0.0 Configuration Plugin

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

I recently had to go through upgrading from Sonatype M2Eclipse 0.12 to Eclipse M2E 1.0.0.   A lot of stuff was fairly easy to get working again, as package names and extension point ids where under new package and ids. … Continue reading →

Posted in agile, eclipse, maven, testing, turmeric | 6 Comments

>Tip: Enabling JUnit Short Cuts

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

>If you are trying to practice Test Driven Development, creating JUnit tests in eclipse can be a real chore at times. I’m not talking about actually writing the tests, but trying to get easy access to the JUnit wizards. The … Continue reading →

Posted in agile, eclipse, testing | 3 Comments

>Where Do Bugs Hide?

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

>They hide in the code that is not being executed by your unit tests. The code that is not under test is just an incubator for them to multiply and fester. Along with code reviews, and static code analysis tools, … Continue reading →

Posted in build, eclipse, testing, xml | 3 Comments

>Keeping Chuck Happy

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

>This is not a picture you want to see when you visit your build. I unfortunately have been visited by an unhappy Chuck for longer then I should have with the XSL Tools build on Hudson. The culprit in this … Continue reading →

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>Local Continuous Integration with Hudson – Part II

Posted on April 22, 2010 by

>I’ve found that having a local CI build is actually very beneficial, beyond the the fact that one can truely verify everything is working locally before committing to an upstream repository. It also comes in handy when somebody asks if … Continue reading →

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>The Simplest Thing

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

>There is a great page on Ward Cunningham’s Wiki page entitled “Do the Simplest thing that Could Possibly Work“. Often times we try to over complicate items or don’t take the time to do the simplest thing. I recently had … Continue reading →

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>PsychoPath is a Fast Demon

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

>I was pinged today on twitter by John Snelson asking if I had been running the XQuery test suite against a XPath 2.0 processor. Those that have been following along know about my battle with a demon known as PsychoPath. … Continue reading →

Posted in build, eclipse, testing, xml, xpath | 3 Comments

>Cramps from EclipseCon 2010 Selection Process

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

>This was my first year sitting on the EclipseCon program committee. I was honoured that Oisin asked me to participate, and felt it was an opportunity to help improve on the past programs. Here are some of my personal thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in build, eclipse, eclipsecon, release engineering, testing, xml | 2 Comments