EJUG Meeting Monday April 20, 2015 at Noon: Fluent Test Assertions

[Basil Vandegriend]

EJUG is meeting at noon on Monday, April 20th in the Western boardroom in the basement of the Canadian Western Bank building, located at 10303 Jasper Ave.

Topic: Fluent Test Assertions

A developer sits at his desk, writing tests. He types:

String prediction = prognosticator.getPrediction();
assertTrue("Expected the prediction to contain \"early spring\", but was: \"" + prediction + "\"", prediction.contains("early spring"));

The developer throws up his hands, falls dramatically from his chair to the floor, and wails, “Why must I type so much and create lines so long to get meaningful assertion failure messages?”

Do you suffer from having to type too much when creating test assertions? Do long and repetitive test assertions confuse you and cause your editor to grow unsightly horizontal scroll bars? You need to learn about fluent test assertion libraries! At an EJUG talk! Don’t miss discovering the latest stars: AssertJ and Truth; with a special appearance by Hamcrest. All this for just one easy payment of a lunch hour!

Presenter: Warren Blanchet

Warren is a software developer living and working in the Capital region. He has been working in Java since the year 2000, and still enjoys it. Warren has a website: http://www.wskb.ca/