Eiffel Test Events Screen Cast

[Daniel Ståhl]

Hi all,

There's a new screen cast up on Youtube, this time on test events: what they are, and why they are the way they are. Its length is 7:32.
https://youtu.be/djZocJGKZNs

Best regards,
Daniel

[mahidhar...@gmail.com]

Hi Daniel,

I was looking through the Testing events in Eiffel and it covers all the key events required. However, I am wondering if this is only a strategy / design? Would I be correct in saying that an application would still be required to be built to listen & trigger these events?

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Surya

[Daniel Ståhl]

Hi Surya,

Yes, correct. The Eiffel protocol is nothing more or less than just that: a protocol. Then you need some form of functionality to send, receive, analyze and act upon the information represented in that protocol.

Did you have a chance to look at the Eiffel Sandbox Demo? It's available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbH4rLbHPDM and showcases a number of such open source implementations in collaboration.

As a rule, I find that test frameworks and tools are generally the parts of a pipeline most like to be bespoke and in-house developed, increasing the chances that some development or adaptation will be necessary to have them communicate over Eiffel, but generic open source implementations are of course not impossible.

Best regards,

Daniel

[mahidhar...@gmail.com]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the inputs. I understand that Eiffel 1.0 (current version) is just a protocol. I have also been told that Eiffel 2.0 is apparently in progress which also has components to help achieve complete functionality.

Can you please help with your insights into the same? Also if you can direct me to any link for more information on the same.

Thanks in advance.

Surya

[Daniel Ståhl]

Hi Surya,

There is no 1.0 or 2.0. The Eiffel that is available as open source is sometimes colloquially referred to as 2.0 inside of Ericsson, and the original, proprietary version as 1.0. If you're looking for information about the latter, and you're part of Ericsson, contact me internally and I'll point you in the right direction. If you're not part of Ericsson, then all there is is the open source version.

Either version is "just a protocol", but both have an array of implementations fulfilling various functions related to that protocol. The Eiffel Community landing page (eiffel-community.github.io) will tell you more about the various implementations that are available/in development.

Let me know if anything is unclear.

Best regards,

Daniel