A Generic Way To Create a Collection

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

How many times do you find yourself creating this code over and over again in tests or even production code?

List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
stringList.add(“some test string”);
stringList.add(“some other test string”);
aMethodThatTakesAListOfStrings(stringList);

Rather than writing this same code over and over again, there is an easier way to create a simple generic list of objects in one method. The [...]

Easy JavaScript Unit Test Integration

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

At my current client I’ve been building a rather complex rich client app using ExtJs. The team has written a lot of JavaScript code, and has been writing a lot of JavaScript unit tests as well.
We’ve gone through several unit testing tools along the way trying to solve some logistical problems. We started with JSUnit, [...]

Running and Debugging Grails Integration Tests In Eclipse

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

This is a follow on to Eclipse Setup for Grails 1.1 Development.
Although not ideal Eclipse integration, by setting up a Run Configuration for your Grails project in Eclipse, you will be able to run and debug Grails integration JUnit tests within Eclipse.  Here is how:

Open Run Configurations
Select Java Applications->New
On the Main tab:
Select your Grails project
Main [...]