Support Forums: Message List - TestNG crew takes a sneak peek at JUnit 4 http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:11 -0400 an example of over-use of annotations? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 If a method is supposed to tell a reader what the method is for/does then test is an essential part of the name. It's no more meta data then any other part of the name. You might as well have a annotation called @Method to set the root part...]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:05:39 -0400 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:05:39 -0400 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:05:39 -0400 Jun 15, 2005 GeraldLoeffler 0 an example of over-use of annotations? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:08:51 -0400 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:08:51 -0400 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:08:51 -0400 Jun 14, 2005 Erich Gamma 0 an example of over-use of annotations? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 I can now see your point that establishing a naming convention for methods (such as test*(void) ) is actually a primordial way of adding meta-data to methods, that is better expressed using annotations. Very...]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:04:00 -0400 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:04:00 -0400 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:04:00 -0400 Jun 14, 2005 valraven smith 1 Re: joining? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 Is it time for TestNG to contribute their work and adapt it to JUnit?
Yes! Of course, this may not be possible, what do I know...

I can already see the worse-case scenario brewing... the people at Sun decide that unit...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:59:02 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:59:02 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:59:02 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Daniel Gredler 0 joining ? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:51:53 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:51:53 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:51:53 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Marc Stock 0 JUnit is pretty bad... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478
No offense to Eric et al, but from what I can see, there's no rhyme or...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:45:27 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:45:27 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:45:27 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Bob Lee 0 Assumptions http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478
You might also note that you don't have to be a "slashdot kiddie" to have an opinion that something sucks, and say so. If you prefer "objective"...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:20:52 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:20:52 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:20:52 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Mike Spille 0 joining ? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 ...JUnit sucks in it's current form. and now this fanboy:
JUnit has sucked for a very, very long time.

Yeah, real objective. That's usually when I stop reading, another...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:19:08 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:19:08 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:19:08 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Michael O'Keefe 3 Don't oversell this thing... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:17:44 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:17:44 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:17:44 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Achwamabat Machmabalamat 0 Don't oversell this thing... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 I agree. Still, I feel there are "issues" with thisparticular form of presentation @root.Are you talking about the syntax for annotations (using the @ sign)?

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Cedric]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:10:56 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:10:56 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:10:56 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Cedric Beust 1 Don't oversell this thing... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 particular form of presentation @root.]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:59:48 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:59:48 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:59:48 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Achwamabat Machmabalamat 2 Don't oversell this thing... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478
I also think for a long time people looked to Beck et al to...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:39:26 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:39:26 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:39:26 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Mike Spille 3 Don't oversell this thing... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 I see it as a fairly simple situation. JUnit has sucked for a very, very long time.
...so badly that no one stuck their necks out to create a replacement for how many years?
It's "design" (quotes very...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:13:46 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:13:46 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:13:46 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Paul Holser 4 joining ? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:46:35 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:46:35 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:46:35 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Mike Spille 9 joining ? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34478
Is it time for TestNG to contribute their work and adapt it to JUnit ?Apart those very tech. details floating around whatever annotation syntax, and the 'we were there first' claims throwned in contrast of early JUnit 4 work (that...]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:07:03 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:07:03 -0400 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:07:03 -0400 Jun 13, 2005 Mike Cornell 0