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Unit tests should be quick

thomasmueller — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:25:05 -0500

Unit tests should be quick when developing, but thorough in continuous integration (CI).

To do that, you can use a scaling parameter. By default, the test performs only a few iterations (random operation tests, fuzz tests, concurrency tests). This is the quick/shallow setting (the default). When run in CI, the scaling parameter is higher, and more iterations are run. This is the slow/thorough setting.

Another flag is what database to use. When developing, use a quick database in in-memory mode (H2, HSQLDB). In CI, run the tests against the database your customer uses.

You can also watch a

dsetrakyan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:15:56 -0500

You can also watch a screencast that shows how to grid-enable your JUnits here: http://www.gridgain.com/screencasts.html

There are some other interesting screencasts there as well, such as "Grid Application in 15 Minutes" for example.

Best,
Dmitriy Setrakyan
GridGain - Grid Computing Made Simple

Jim,It was great to be in

nivanov — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:40:50 -0500

Jim,

It was great to be in Houston and organization was top notch! Great audience and great questions.

Thanks again,

Nikita Ivanov.

Correction -- Nikita gave me

jimbethancourt — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:27:54 -0500

Correction -- Nikita gave me an update and let me know they're using Bamboo from Atlassian.