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Tools for automated compilation and test of Java developed using Eclipse? [message #103235] Wed, 30 July 2003 10:35 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: Paul.Henshaw.icimsi.ch

Dear All,

I am part of a small group of developers using Eclipse both as a Java
IDE and as a platform for some modelling tools. We have a primitive
overnight compilation system which reads a list of projects from a
text file, checks out each project from CVS, generates Makefiles,
compiles them using javac, runs any JUnit tests and mails the results
to the development team.

This system was built from a few sh and perl scripts, and although
functional is quite limited.

We would like to be able to perform tests and generate reference
output automatically, and also to allow individual developers to
control test procedures without having to write scripts on the server.

I also have looked briefly at cruisecontrol, but this seems to want
to work on a single CVS project at a time, whereas we have quite a
large number of related projects.

I would be very grateful for any hints or advice from anyone using
automated build and test tools, alongside or integrated with Eclipse.

Thanks in advance,
Paul Henshaw

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Paul Henshaw, Tecnologie di Automazione ed Informatica
Istituto CIM della Svizzera Italiana, Galleria 2, CH-6928 Manno, CH
Re: Tools for automated compilation and test of Java developed using Eclipse? [message #103246 is a reply to message #103235] Wed, 30 July 2003 10:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Paul Henshaw wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am part of a small group of developers using Eclipse both as a Java
> IDE and as a platform for some modelling tools. We have a primitive
> overnight compilation system which reads a list of projects from a
> text file, checks out each project from CVS, generates Makefiles,
> compiles them using javac, runs any JUnit tests and mails the results
> to the development team.
>
> This system was built from a few sh and perl scripts, and although
> functional is quite limited.
>
> We would like to be able to perform tests and generate reference
> output automatically, and also to allow individual developers to
> control test procedures without having to write scripts on the server.

Paul,

I might be mistaken, but if you wrote an appropriate build.xml file
instead of putting the information about the projects in a text file,
you should be able to do everything mentioned above with ant
http://ant.apache.org

regards
Jerry
Re: Tools for automated compilation and test of Java developed using Eclipse? [message #103490 is a reply to message #103246] Wed, 30 July 2003 16:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eric.rizzo.jibeinc.com

Gerald Preissler wrote:
> I might be mistaken, but if you wrote an appropriate build.xml file
> instead of putting the information about the projects in a text file,
> you should be able to do everything mentioned above with ant
> http://ant.apache.org

If plain Ant is not enough for what you want to do, also look into Maven
(http://maven.apache.org) and/or CruiseControl
(http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net).

HTH,
Eric
--
Eric Rizzo
Software Architect
Jibe, Inc.
http://www.jibeinc.com
Re: Tools for automated compilation and test of Java developed using Eclipse? [message #103647 is a reply to message #103490] Wed, 30 July 2003 22:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
> If plain Ant is not enough for what you want to do, also look into Maven
> (http://maven.apache.org) and/or CruiseControl
> (http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net).

Also look at Anthill (http://www.urbancode.com/projects/anthill). It
seems a lot easier to set up than CruiseControl and can handle multiple
projects fairly easily. At least that's the way the two projects'
documentation looks; I haven't had a chance to actually set them up
myself yet.

Laura
Re: Tools for automated compilation and test of Java developed using Eclipse? [message #105885 is a reply to message #103647] Mon, 04 August 2003 03:40 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: Paul.Henshaw.icimsi.ch

Many thanks to you all for your suggestions, I am currently
looking into anthill and maven and will let you know how I
get on.

In the meantime further comments and suggestions are always
welcome.

Cheers,
Paul
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