Re: Tools for J2EE Project

what sort of testing would you like to see XDoclet support?

are you thinking something like

/**
 * @ejb:interface-method
 * @junit-j2ee ...
 * @junit-j2ee parameter name="a" value="foo"
 * @junit-j2ee parameter name="b" value="bar"
 */
public void myMethodToBeTested(String a, String b)
{
  ...
}

or what?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francis Purcell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: [EJB-Developer] Tools for J2EE Project


Wow, it's quite here...I wonder what's going on a JavaONE???

Anyway, totally agree with you, Mushtaq.  JUnit is *the* tool for
testing...  Jakarta Cactus is built on top of JUnit, and has a TestServlet
class which your test-case extends, such that your test case is running as
a servlet in a J2EE container, as compared to your test running as a simple
java client in a private test JVM.   This is my prefreed way test EJBs,
since this Servlet 2 EJB scenario better represents how my EJBs are being used.

BTW, anyone know of any *free* test tools that will allow you to define
your tests via JavaDoc tags ala XDoclet?  (I know of one tool whose name
escapes me , but said tool has a license fee & proprietary execution
environment attached).  What about performance measuring tools for server
side components?

Cheers,
Frank


At 04:21 AM 3/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Also JUnit for unit testing...
>
>www.junit.org
>
>Regards,
>Mushtaq
>
> > ----------
> > From:       Francis Purcell[SMTP:[email protected]]
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> > Sent:       Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:47 AM
> > To:       [email protected]
> > Subject:       Re: [EJB-Developer] Tools for J2EE Project
> >
> > Hi Sundar,
> >
> > Ant & XDoclet are requirements for everything J2EE I now do :
> >
> >    Apache Ant -- of course...so many options in this thing, it's
> > unbelievable (my favorite lesser know options is being able to turn tabs
> > in
> > your source code into x-number of spaces).  I'm pretty sure there are VSS
> > options native to Ant...if not, you may want to look at using CVS if at
> > all
> > possible.
> >    XDoclet
> (<http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net)>http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net) --
> invaluable, especially when
> >
> > developing EJBs (I think there are tags for Orion, which I'd assume works
> > with Oracle...if not, someone either has templates they can give you, or
> > it
> > would be worth building your own).
> >
> > A good J2EE unit testing tool is Apache's Cactus, but I don't have enough
> > experience with it to call it a requirement.  I too would like to know
> > what
> > other testing tools (especially performance testing) people are using...
> >
> > As to meeting a schedule without fail, I don't think I'm the best person
> > to
> > answer this question :-).   I find inspiration in many extreme programming
> >
> > concepts around managing expectations, especially where you involve the
> > client to determine what the requirements are, and the developers in
> > determining how long each requirement will take...then negotiating with
> > the
> > client and letting them determine the trade offs between time and
> > functionality.   Take a look at:
> >
> <http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgrammingSummary>http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgrammingSummary
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Frank
> >
> > p.s., In preparing for this project, I would allocate time for you and
> > your
> > developers to learn the tools.  Don't just run through the examples that
> > come with the tools (unless you want to build a false sense of
> > confidence).  Rather, take the examples and build new things on top of
> > them.  Mimic what you are going to be doing on this project (servlets,
> > ejbs, etc...), and really exercise your knowledge of the tools (e.g., use
> > ant to create a build system full of build rules for your prototype ejbs &
> >
> > servlets; use XDoclet to create deployment descriptors and home/remote
> > interfaces for those prototypes; create a single rule in ant that builds
> > your code from scratch, starts your J2EE server, deploys your jar/war/ear,
> >
> > runs your unit test, strips any tabs in your code, and check the changes
> > into VSS, etc...).  Knowing as much about how these things work (and how
> > they don't) before you enter panic mode is a big plus...  BTW, there are
> > some pretty good presentation tools out there, and more coming out every
> > day (
> > advice, Oracle AS may do some things very very well, but it probably does
> > not do everything you need.
> >
> >
> > At 09:56 AM 3/23/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Dear Developers,
> > >
> > >I am about to lead a J2EE project. I would like to know a list of best
> > >tools that I should get hold of. As we are going with Oracle9i as the app
> >
> > >server. So for IDE we are going for JDeveloper. For Version control I am
> > >thinking to use Visual Source Safe. I would like to know the appropriate
> > >tools for Desinging, Project management, Testing including functional,
> > >load testing, performance testing.  I would appriciate if U guys can give
> >
> > >inputs as how should I proceed managing the project as the cilent wants
> > us
> > >to meet the deadline without fail. Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >
> > >Sundar.
> > >>
> > >>
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