cfcUnit Runner released

Nov
27

cfcUnit Runner released

13 comments Posted by: Laura

The more ColdFusion unit tests I needed to run, the more I wanted to have a nice interface where I could only see errors or failing tests, and that it would allow me to selectively run tests. That is why I created cfcUnit Runner, a Flex application to run cfcUnit tests. I believe it could also used to run CFUnit tests, but CFUnit will need to implement a service façade that Flex can use. You can read more in the project's page and use the forums and bug tracker of RiaForge. I have a live demo where you can see it running and I also made a short movie that shows all the features.

Live application (Flash Player 9 required). View source on right click enabled

Recorded demo

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Source (Flex 2)

Category: ColdFusion | Flex |

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1. Adam Fortuna wrote on November 27, 2006 at 5:28 PM

Very cool tool! Can't wait to give it a try.

2. Robert Blackburn wrote on November 28, 2006 at 2:46 PM

That is great Laura.

Unfortunately it totally stole my thunder :o)
I've been working on something just like this for CFUnit (A flex based runner). What little I have so far is in SVN:
http://cfunit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cfunit/trunk/src/net/sourceforge/cfunitReport/

This is intended to be both a runner and a way to review the history logs of CFUnit (and of course re-execute any of the tests). Any suggestions would be welcome.

I would certainly be willing to help put together a CFUnit service façade which your runner could consume too – feel free to shoot me an email with the details if you are interested (skorpiun@gmail.com).

3. Laura wrote on November 29, 2006 at 10:56 AM

Robert,
I think I would be great if we can make it work with CFUnit as well. Since cfcUnit already implemented the service facade, I would use their same bean classes for the returned results, otherwise, I would have to make some changes. But I am open to ideas on how to integrate it.

Do you have the compiled swf of what you've done somewhere to see?

4. Edd wrote on December 01, 2006 at 12:30 PM

any test example scripts other that the ones that come with crcUnit?

thanks

5. Laura wrote on December 03, 2006 at 7:32 PM

Edd,
It doesn't come with any other tests, but it should be simple to add a few. I'll see if I can write a couple to add to the download.

6. David Brannan wrote on December 06, 2006 at 6:25 PM

Does this have to be placed in the same directory as your CFCs or is there a configuration file that allows you to point it to a directory of your choosing?

Very useful utility BTW. I'm hoping to use this in converting my app to Flex.

7. Dave Spurr wrote on December 07, 2006 at 9:07 AM

I'm sorry if this is a silly question but I can't seem to get it to work. I have mappings setup for both /org and /cfcunit but whenever I try to run a test I get a failed HTTP connection message.

8. Laura wrote on December 10, 2006 at 4:17 PM

Dave,
The easiest way to make it work is by having org and cfcunit in the root of your site. Alternatively, you can modify the file [cfroot]\web-inf\flex\services-config.xml and change the use-mappings value to true:

<use-mappings>true</use-mappings>

9. Robert Blackburn wrote on December 17, 2006 at 7:53 AM

Hi Laura,
Sorry for the delayed reply, it’s a busy time of year :o)

No there is no demo site set up right now. CFUnit's site is housed on sourceforge.net which unfortunately runs on PHP. It is not really functioning yet anyhow. At this point I have more ideas then code :o)

I have taken a look at the source to see what you would need to get cfcUnitRunner integrated with CFUnit. I hope you don't mind if I e-mail some information and questions?

Thanks

10. Chaz wrote on January 02, 2007 at 7:37 AM

Hi Laura,

I have a question about the live demo. What software you use to create that?

Thanks

11. Chaz wrote on January 02, 2007 at 7:39 AM

I am sorry, its the short movie my question is about. What software was use to create this?

Thanks
Chaz

12. Laura wrote on January 02, 2007 at 2:55 PM

Chaz,
I used Wink (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/) to make the video.

13. Bram wrote on January 09, 2007 at 5:57 AM

Laura,

How could I test if my cfc method returns a
valid query ? I got everything running, but
even after going through the docs, I'm still
confused how to do just that.

Could you give an example ?

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