Tag Archives: sUnit

Using the new Monticello Importer from Instantiations

I just wanted to try the new Monticello Importer Beta that Instantiations just released yesterday and thought it wouldn’t hurt to describe the installation and use a little. Not that it’s hard, but not everybody might have seen monticello before. … Continue reading

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MiniSMock 0.3 uploaded to VASTGoodies

I finally found the time to upload the latest version (0.3) of MiniSMock to VASTGoodies.com. I would love to get feedback on it, so please let me know if it’s useful for you, if you find some bug or are … Continue reading

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Yet another Mock Object “framework” for VA Smalltalk

I’m currently preparing a training/workshop for a new customer where we want to find ways and techniques to improve their use of unit tests in a legacy Smalltalk project. They’ve been using VA Smalltalk for a couple of years successfully … Continue reading

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SUnit extension uploaded to VASTGoodies.com

I’ve just uploaded my little extension to the SUnit Framework to VASTGoodies. If you’d like to try it, I suggest loading the map z.ST: SUnit Testing. What does it do? It simply keeps the text that were defined in test … Continue reading

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Little Addition to SUnit: keep a failure text with errors and failures

I’ve posted about a problem I’m having with SUnit before: a TestResult does not hold the description Strings of failures and errors, so it is not easy to log unit test results with bare SUnit. I need this for our … Continue reading

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A little update on sUnit and should:/shouldnt:

A few days after my post sUnit and should:/shouldnt: vs. assert:/deny: I received a mail from Niall Ross who maintains sUnit. I was quite busy the last weeks, so I am a bit late with this update… Niall pointed out that … Continue reading

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sUnit and should:/shouldnt: vs. assert:/deny:

[Update]Be sure to read the comments if you’re interested in the topic. There’s a lot of interesting info to find there[/Update] Last month I’ve given a fast-start Smalltalk training session to a new team member at a Customer’s project and … Continue reading

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What sUnit could learn from jUnit [UPDATE]

The complete family of xxxUnit testing frameworks have their roots in Kent Beck’s sUnit testing Framework for Smalltalk. While jUnit (the Java flavor) and sUnit were very similar for a long time, jUnit “lately” added a lot of stuff that … Continue reading

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