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FEST-Assert 1.3: Fluent Interface for Assertions
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Testing on August 4, 2010
We are proud to announce that FEST-Assert 1.3 is out! FEST-Assert is an “assertThat” library that provides a fluent interface for writing assertions. Its main goal is to improve test code readability and make maintenance of tests easier. Example: int removed = employees.removeFired(); assertThat(removed).isZero(); List newEmployees = employees.hired(TODAY); assertThat(newEmployees).hasSize(6) .contains(frodo, sam); String[] newHires [...]
FEST’s JavaFX Compiler Maven Plug-in 1.0b2
Posted by Alex Ruiz in JavaFX, Open Source on July 14, 2010
I’m proud to announce the release of FEST’s JavaFX Compiler Maven plug-in 1.0b2! The plug-in compiles JavaFX source and test files. This release adds new, useful configuration options. The release was driven by Johannes Schneider‘s work, based on his needs for the JFXtras project. I’d also like to thank Thomas Butter for helping us improve [...]
For Maven Users Only: FEST-Swing 1.2.1 released
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Swing, Testing on June 21, 2010
I just uploaded FEST-Swing 1.2.1 to CodeHaus’ Maven repository. This release is targeted to Maven users only. The reason? I made a big mistake when I released FEST-Swing 1.2: I uploaded the wrong version of the dependency FEST-Util, making the Maven version of FEST-Swing completely unusable. Artifacts uploaded to CodeHaus’ Maven repository are automatically uploaded [...]
FEST-Swing 1.2: Swing GUI Testing Made Easy
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Swing, Testing on June 2, 2010
I’m proud to announce the release of FEST-Swing 1.2! FEST-Swing is a Java library that provides a fluent interface for functional Swing GUI testing. This library provides an easy-to-use API that makes creation and maintenance of GUI tests easy. Release notes Bug [FEST-341] – Error in ScreenshotOnFailureListener.takeScreenshotAndReturnFileName. Thanks to Grego. [FEST-342] – Javadocs in methods [...]
FEST’s JavaFX Compiler Maven Plug-in 1.0b1
Posted by Alex Ruiz in JavaFX, Open Source on May 19, 2010
I’m proud to announce the release of FEST’s JavaFX Compiler Maven plug-in 1.0b1! This plug-in compiles JavaFX source and test files. Features Compiles JavaFX source and test files Does not require JavaFX distribution to be in a Maven repository (according to its license, only Oracle can distribute JavaFX) Does not require to list all JavaFX [...]
Improving i18n support in FEST-Swing
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Swing, Testing on April 19, 2010
Quick Introduction FEST-Swing is a Java library, released under Apache 2.0 license, that provides a fluent interface for functional Swing GUI testing. Under the covers it uses the AWT Robot to generate native input events, which is the most reliable way to simulate a user interacting with an application (IMHO.) For example, the following code: [...]
FEST’s JavaFX Maven plugin 1.0a1
Posted by Alex Ruiz in JavaFX, Open Source on February 1, 2010
I’m proud to announce the release of FEST-JavaFX-Maven 1.0a1! FEST-JavaFX-Maven is Maven plugin for compiling JavaFX source files. This is a complete rewrite of the plugin, as a Java Mojo. The original plugin was written as a wrapper for an Ant script. This approach didn’t work well: I couldn’t find a way to make the [...]
FEST-Swing 1.2a4: GUI Testing Made Easy
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Swing, Testing on January 19, 2010
I’m proud to announce the release of FEST-Swing 1.2a4! FEST-Swing is a Java library that provides a fluent interface for functional Swing GUI testing. This library provides an easy-to-use API that makes creation and maintenance of GUI tests easy. This is the fourth and last alpha release planned for version 1.2. This new release includes [...]
Thoughts about "UI Test Automation Tools are Snake Oil"
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Open Source, Opinion, Testing on January 18, 2010
I just finished reading "UI Test Automation Tools are Snake Oil" by Michael Feathers. Although I agree with many of the ideas in the article, I also think it contains some hasty generalizations and misplaced blame. Mr. Feathers points out that “selling UI test automation tools is irresponsible” and these tools are sold “with a [...]
FEST: new JavaFX Maven plugin
Posted by Alex Ruiz in JavaFX, Open Source on December 9, 2009
I’m back to working on FEST-JavaFX, an open source library for functional testing of JavaFX GUIs. To keep consistency with the rest of FEST modules, I decided to use Maven to compile and build the project. I blogged some time ago how to compile JavaFX code with Maven. I wasn’t too happy with it, since [...]
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Welcome
My name is Alex Ruiz. I'm a programmer with special interest in Java, API design, testing and OOP. I'm the creator of FEST, an open source project that aims at making testing of Swing and JavaFX user interfaces (and testing in general) easier.
I work as a Software Engineer in the JavaFX Controls team at Oracle.
