Re: [geclipse-dev] JUnit Tests (Clover)

[Markus Knauer <mknauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Ariel Garcia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I would suggest that you look into using Clover, see:
> > http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/
>
> seems to be commercial (paying), right?

Yes and no. While this is true (and IMHO we should avoid using it exactly for 
that reason), Atlassian provides free licenses to Open Source projects. 
Anyway, see below.

> Of course eveybody is encouraged to try such tools. But i think everybody
> knows which parts of his/her own code there are test classes for (that Jie
> or him/herself wrote), and for a general overview Jie can provide us with
> a rough number. (some of the high level tests (ie, jobsubmission) actually
> cove much more than a single class)
>
> > This actually shows you which classes and in fact which lines of which
> > classes get tested!
> >
> > We've used this at IT Innovation, integrated with our build system, and
> > I see that there is also Clover plugin for Eclipse :)
>
> there is also coverclipse
>   http://coverlipse.sourceforge.net/index.php
> If i remember correctly available under Yoxos also

I talked with Matthias (yes, another Matthias, but this one with two t's) 
about existing tools in that area, because he developed Coverlipse and has 
more experience in JUnit coverage. Coverlipse cannot be run in a headless 
mode, and he pointed me in the direction of EMMA and Cobertura. Both tools 
could be a solution.

Markus