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Papers, Articles & Talks: Unit testing
with mock objects in ActionScript 3.0, Paulo Caroli and Jason Peters, Adobe
Developer Connection, January 2009, on
the web When
you perform unit tests, it is not always possible to verify that an object
does what you expect by examining that object directly. Instead, you may need
to examine the collaborations between objects. Mock object frameworks
simplify behavior verification—the process of verifying the interaction
between dependent components. This
article is intended for developers interested in adding behavior verification
to their unit tests. It discusses the role of behavior verification in unit
testing and introduce the basics of Mock4AS, a lightweight mock object
framework for ActionScript 3.0. Mock
Objects in action, Paulo Caroli and Sneha Jha, IndicThreads.com Conference On Java, Pune, India, November 2008. slides This session provides the participants with
understanding of Mock Objects need and concept, as well as with
hands-on-experience of JMock, EasyMock and Mockito--java based Mock Objects
frameworks. Applying Mock objects effectively is a key factor when following
the Unit Testing practice (testing units of work in isolation). This session
will introduce the reasoning for Mock Objects as well as the basics of the
most popular Java Mock Object frameworks –JMock, EasyMock and Mockito.
This session starts with a presentation, followed by a hands-on sample unit
test code analysis. At the end of this 90 minutes hands-on session, the
participants will get familiarity in using Mock Objects effectively. This
session is intended for developers familiar with Java and JUnit and are
interested in learning Mock Objects. The samples used in this session have
been selected to demonstrate various functionalities and applications of Mock
Object frameworks. XP and
Design; where did the design phase go?, Paulo Caroli and Sudhindra Rao, IndicThreads.com Conference On Java,
Pune, India, November 2008. slides Where did the Design phase go? There is a
misconception that XP does not promote design. In fact, it is quite the
opposite. In this session I will cover XP design, putting it in context with
more traditional development approaches. I will also explain how XP promotes continuous
design improvement through Simple Design, Continuous Integration, Test Driven
Development (TDD) and Refactoring. By following the XP practices developers
evolve their code (and design) using incremental proven steps. Moreover this
is done without waste (over-design). Testing
private methods, TDD and Test-Driven Refactoring, Paulo Caroli, AgileTips.com,
TheServerSide.com,
November 2008 While being a TDD--Test Driven
Development--coach, Paulo Caroli always asked about testing private methods. He
finally decided to write about his experience on testing private methods. Agile
Bridge Analogy, Paulo Caroli, AgileTips.com,
TheServerSide.com,
July 2008 It
is quite common to make analogies between the IT industry and Civil
engineering. Developers often compare software development and design with
construction projects; for example, the importance of having a blueprint and
following known successful practices. I have some hesitations about using
analogies between these industries. I find the resources used by both
industries fairly different and for that reason the analogies can create
false expectations and reasoning. Nevertheless, I have been successfully
using the analogy of building a bridge for explaining Agile development…
Agile
Evolutionary Design, Paulo Caroli, Agile China Conference, Beijing, China,
June 2008. slides In
this session, I explore Agile Evolutionary Design, which concentrates on the
continuous design improvement through Continuous Integration, Test Driven
Development (TDD) and Refactoring. Agile Evolutionary Design allows
developers to transform simple code (Keep It Simple) into a well-structured
design by constantly transforming code smells into better designed solutions.
Best practices and real-world examples will be highlighted in this
presentation. Writing
and running functional tests for Flash with Selenium RC, Paulo Caroli and
Henrik Lindahl, Adobe Developer Connection, June 2008, on the
web Functional
tests are intended to help you verify that a system, as a whole, functions as
intended. Such tests verify that everything is wired together correctly.
Selenium is an open-source testing tool for web applications. Selenium tests
run directly in the web browser itself, mimicking what real users do.
Furthermore, it supports a large variety of browsers and platforms. It is
especially useful for executing tests to verify web application functionality
and user acceptance. We used Selenium in our last project to verify that a
web application (which contains one or more Flash components) worked the way
we wanted. Flash-AS3
Test Certified development experience report, Paulo Caroli, Henrik Lindahl
and Martin Ohman, Google
TestaPalooza, March 2008. In
this session we talk about our experience on developing and testing
Trendalyser, a flash-AS3 based application. We will cover our experience with
flash and AS3 in regards of: Continuous Build, Unit test, Mock Objects and
End-to-end Test. Complementing
Unit Test with Dependency Injection and Mock Objects, Paulo Caroli and Peter
Epstein, Google TestaPalooza, March 2008. A
briefly introduction to Dependency Injection and Mock Objects concepts,
followed by case studies and sample scenario of how those concepts
complementing Unit Test and testing development practices. Evolutionary
Design through TDD and Refactoring practices Presenters: Paulo Caroli, Kurman
Karabukaev , Google TestaPalooza, March 2008. (Certificate of Excellence) An
exploration on Agile development practices such as Simple and Evolutionary
Design and the link to the test practices and the fundamental aspects being
the ability to emerge elaborated – and well funded (tested) -
applications. Complementing
Unit Test with Dependency Injection and Mock Objects, Paulo Caroli, IndicThreads.com Conference On Java,
Pune, India, October 2007. on the web, video,
slides In
this session, I explain how Dependency Injection and Mock Objects complement
Unit Tests and TDD – Test Driven Development. Session
Agenda: Unit Test and TDD, Testing Dependent Components, Dependency
Injection, Mock Objects, Case Study, Conclusion, Q&A. Continuous
Integration and Agile Software Development Q & A, Paulo Caroli, IndicThreads.com Conference On Java, Pune, India, October 2007. on the web, video, slides Traditionally, different modules are
developed by different teams/developers and these are integrated at late
state of project. Continuous Integration takes a different approach. "Continuous Integration is a
software development practice where members of a team integrate their work
frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily - leading to
multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated
build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as
possible…" by
Martin Fowler Refactoring
to Patterns – a practical look into the Agile approach on Evolutionary
Design, Paulo
Caroli, IndicThreads.com
Conference On Java,
Pune, India, October 2007. video, slides In this session, I will introduce
Refactoring and TDD (Test Driven Development) as the foundation for Agile
Evolutionary Design; I will explain how the practice of Refactoring to
Patterns permits code simplicity to turn into well-know design patterns. I
will use real world experiences and selected case studies to illustrate this
concept. Session agenda: Refactoring and TDD,
Refactoring and Functional Requirements, Refactoring and Agile Techniques,
Simple Design and Code Smells, Refactoring to Patterns, Case Studies,
Conclusion, Q&A. Countdown
to DST 2007, Paulo
Caroli, TheServerSide, February 2007. on the web - dwd class file “Most of the Using
JMock with Test Driven Development, Paulo Caroli, TheServerSide, December 2006. on the web - dwd src code “In this article, Paulo Caroli
introduces the basics of using JMock, a Mock object framework, in conjunction
with Test-Driven Development. To illustrate the technique, he works through a
case study, the creation of a cache component by means of test-first
development with JMock.” (introduction) A
TimeZone Patch, Paulo
Caroli, Java
Developers Journal,
January 2005. on the web - dwd src
code “The TimeZonePatch presented
in this article provides a flexible solution for patching the java.util TimeZone
against incorrect time zone data. A factory of TimeZone patches,
TimeZonePatchListFactory, provides the ability to read correct time zone data
from appropriate data sources or even create new time zones. Furthermore the
presented solution patches only the time zones created by the factory,
although it still works for the remaining SDK timezones.” (conclusion) Organize
applications' multiple environment configurations, “This article introduces a
mechanism for organizing application configuration parameters despite the
number of runtime environments. This configuration mechanism is designed to
systematize the arrangement and access of Java application configuration
parameters. It is composed of interconnecting parts: configuration folder
schema, configuration parameter reader, and launch command outline. After
detailing each part of the configuration mechanism, author Awaken
the Service Locator, “What can you do in a typical
J2EE application in which a server-side, service-initialization error detains
the client application, yet it's critical that the client application remain
available? Let's look at a service locator-based solution for avoiding this
kind of undesirable client application start-up problem. The client
application, which does not execute in an Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
container, is composed of several clients that locate the EJB through the
service locator as part of the client application initialization
process.” (abstract) Still
parsing to generate your JavaBeans' XML representation?, “Empower your JavaBeans to
handle data conversion to and from their XML document format without
complicating the code. This tip shows you how to write and use a component to
convert a JavaBean to its XML document representation and vice versa.”
(abstract) JSP course
contents for Omni Pros “e-learning Solutions suite”. Omni Pros
copyright, April 2003. Table of Contents: An Introduction to JSP
architecture, JSP Scripting elements, JSP Directives, JSP Action Tags
and Custom tags and tag libraries. Making your J2EE Application Web
Services Ready, “The XML Business Delegate
provides a solution to facilitate a mapping from an object-oriented system to
a service-oriented one. This article shows you how you can combine J2EE
Design Patterns, such as the Business Delegate, the Session Facade, and the
DTO, with XML, to make your EJB application ready for Web services.”
(abstract) A Java-JSP Menu Builder for
HierMenus, “When a single static array of
menus isn't a viable option, HM implementors often turn to server-side
techniques. This case-in-point solution utilizes JSP technology to
auto-generate HierMenu arrays on a page by page basis.” (abstract) Letters
to the Editor - discussions about the “Repair invalid cached services
in the Service Locator pattern” article, JavaWorld, August 2002. on the web “How do you handle an invalid service
on the client side? Can TRMI (Transparent Remote Method Invocation) help with
serializable objects? How does JAR work with third-party libraries? JavaWorld authors answer
those questions and more in this month's Letters to the Editor.”
(abstract) Repair invalid cached services in the
Service Locator pattern, “The Service Locator pattern, commonly
used in EJB (Enterprise JavaBean) development, reduces code complexity, gives
a single point of control, and improves performance by providing a caching
facility. Unfortunately, cached services cause unexpected error situations.
This article introduces the Verified Service Locator pattern, which enhances
the Service Locator pattern by ensuring the validity of its cached
services.” (abstract) An Architecture for the Evolution of
Web Applications, P. Caroli, C. J. Lucena, and M. F. Fontoura, Object-Oriented Programming, Systems,
Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA'2000), Minneapolis, USA, 2000
(Extended abstract, OOPSLA'2000 Companion, 83-84). Download “This work presents a software
architecture that is especially useful for managing the evolution of web
applications. Web-based systems are a range of applications for which there
are no technological standards and new concepts and tools are currently under
evolution. Examples of this lack of standards include the transition from CGI
scripts to Java Servlets and to Java Server Pages (JSP). Therefore, the
maintenance and evolution of web applications is an important topic for
software developers and the software research community. The proposed
architecture combines the n-tier, broker, and blackboard architectural
patterns.” (abstract) A Methodology for developing
Object-Oriented Projects. “In
spite of the increasing utilization of the Object Oriented paradigm, there
still exists reluctance on its application in the development of systems as,
for example, Web Information Systems. In these type of applications, User
Interfaces are in general event oriented and the majority of the Databases
are Relational. This work proposes a Three-Tier Architecture for the development of systems that can be naturally divided in User Interface, Business and Persistence layers. It also proposes a Methodology for the development of the Business layer. The
objectives of this work are: Applying
the concepts here put forth in real projects validated the work.”
(abstract) Open Source Projects: Flash-Selenium
– Selenium extension for testing Flash Applications, http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/.
Paulo Caroli, as project admin and developer, 2008. The flash-selenium project aims to
extend the Selenium RC clients for adding Flash communication capabilities.
The Flash/Selenium RC client extension is available for the following
Selenium RC client drivers: Java, .Net, Ruby and Phyton. Mock4AS
– Mock Objects for ActionScript, http://code.google.com/p/mock4as/
. Paulo Caroli, as project admin and developer, 2007. Mock4AS is a simple Mock Object
Library for ActionScript3. The current version of Mock4AS provides a
minimalistic Mock Objects library fulfilling the basic Unit Tests mocking
needs. To get started download the latest version of Mock.as and add it to
your project. Hello
Open Source Web Site - www.helloopensource.org.
Paulo Caroli, as the owner, creator and collaborator, 2007. This collaborative Web Site presents “Hello World”
tutorials for Open Source technologies. The “Hello World”
tutorials are concise and simple. Their main goal is to help you develop a
Hello World for the given Open Source technology. Tutorial List:
ActionScript, Ant, EasyMock, Flex Builder 2, FlexUnit, JDK, Guice, Hibernate,
Java using Eclipse, JMock, JUnit, Maven, MySQL, MySQL GUI Tool, Ruby On Rails
using EasyEclipse, Spring, Tomcat, Waffle, WTP. Mock
Objects Samples Web Site - www.mocksamples.org
. Paulo Caroli, as the owner, creator and collaborator, 2007. This site provides a few Mock
Objects samples and its implementations in distinct technologies.
ActionScript (AS3), Java, FlexUnit, JUnit, Mock4As, Mockasin, EasyMock,
JMock. MapPoint4J,
Paulo
Caroli, project
admin and developer, www.sourceforge.net, May 2006. on the web
MapPoint4J is an open source java
library built to facilitate the integration of java client applications to
Microsoft MapPoint Web Service. Tomcat/conf
Reader, Paulo
Caroli, project
admin and developer, www.sourceforge.net, April 2006. on the
web The TomcatConfReader component
provides a straightforward approach for reading your web application
configuration information from TOMCAT/conf folder. Simple
XML / HTTP Web Service, This project brings a XML over HTTP
implementation of Web Services technology. In few minutes you will be able to
deliver static and dynamic XML contents over HTTP. BeanXML
Mapping, This project brings implementations
of BeanXMLMapping interface based in existing Java/XML parser solutions. The
offered BeanXMLMapping components provide straightforward ways to convert a
JavaBean to its XML document representation and vice versa. TimeZone
Patch, The TimeZonePatch is a flexible java
based OS free solution for patching the java.util TimeZone against incorrect
time zone data. A factory of patched TimeZones, provides the ability to read
correct time zone data from appropriate data. |
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