Posts Tagged Java
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 [...]
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 [...]
Making progress on the JavaFX UI testing front
I finally made some progress on FEST-JavaFX! :) The main obstacle was to find a way to look up UI controls on any JavaFX UI. The problem was that all this time I’ve been working with the wrong node hierarchy, Scenario, instead of the JavaFX one! It was impossible to figure out which node corresponds [...]
FEST-Swing 1.2rc: Swing UI Testing Made Easy
I’m proud to announce the release of FEST-Swing 1.2rc! 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 last release before 1.2 final. If no regressions are found, 1.2rc will be [...]
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-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 [...]
FEST-Reflect 1.2: Fluent Interface for Java Reflection
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Testing on November 30, 2009
We are proud to announce that FEST-Reflect 1.2 is out! FEST-Reflect is a Java library that provides a fluent interface that simplifies the usage of Java Reflection and JavaBeans Introspection, resulting in improved readability and type safety. It supports class loading, access to static inner classes constructors, methods and fields, and more! Example: Person person [...]
FEST-Assert 1.2: Fluent Interface for Assertions
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Testing on November 2, 2009
We are proud to announce that FEST-Assert 1.2 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-Swing 1.2a3: GUI Testing Made Easy
Posted by Alex Ruiz in Java, Open Source, Swing, Testing on September 1, 2009
We are proud to announce the release of FEST-Swing 1.2a3! 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 third alpha release planned for version 1.2. This new release includes a [...]
My name is Alex Ruiz. I'm a programmer with special interest in Java, API design, testing and OOP. I'm the creator of 

