Projects tagged ‘testing’ and ‘tools’

Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles.

JUnit is a Java testing framework. Since testing is not closely integrated with development, it prevents you from measuring the progress of development. You can't tell when something starts working or ... [More] when something stops working. Using JUnit you can cheaply and incrementally build a test suite that will help you measure your progress, spot unintended side effects, and focus your development efforts. [Less]

GNU Autoconf is part of the GNU Build System. GNU Autoconf is a heavily used portability-enabling tool for UNIX-like systems, especially in free software projects. It is a compiler for a ... [More] domain-specific-language for describing library, header, and function dependencies of a project. It generates a shell script that can be run before building a package to customize the build to the system. [Less]

Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. Its purpose is to automate the process of checking Java code, and to spare humans of this task.

RSpec is a BDD tool and a framework which provides programmers with a Domain Specific Language to describe the behaviour of Ruby code with readable, executable examples that guide you in the design ... [More] process and serve well as both documentation and tests. [Less]

Hudson is an automated build system for a team as well as a system that monitors automated jobs (such as cron jobs)

PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and more. It includes CPD, a tool to detect chunks of identical code.

CruiseControl is a framework for a continuous build process. It includes, but is not limited to, plugins for email notification, Ant, and various source control tools. A Web interface is provided to ... [More] view the details of the current and previous builds. [Less]

Perl-Critic is a static source analyzer for Perl code. It is an extensible framework for creating and automatically enforcing coding standards across a body of code. Many of the default rules are ... [More] taken from Damian Conway's book "Perl Best Practices." However, you can enable/disable & customize these rules to your heart's content. [Less]

SimpleTest is a unit tester, Web tester, and dynamic mock objects framework for PHP. The test structure is similar to JUnit/PHPUnit. Used as a Web tester, you can navigate sites and submit forms as if you were using a Web browser.