20 September 2008
FlexUnit-0.9 has been released by Adobe Cosulting. I believe this is the first release since the projects move from Google Code to Adobe open Source. I have browsed the source code and nothing seems to have changed; obviously, community, please can correct me if I am wrong. There is still a lingering reference to the flexunit.extensions.TestSetup class which is still nowhere to be seen. Indeed I discovered the update while trying to find the standard approach to test-suite setup and teardown; subquently deciding it is is not the solution to my problem anyway. The most significant change, if only change, is the UI. We have:
  • An active search filter that narrows down the displayed list of test methods, matching on test (method) name.
  • A combobox with three result options: All Results, Empty Tests and Failures & errors; this replaces the tabbed view in the old version.
  • A red cross or green tick indicating the obvious, with a fat red cross or green tick to indicate overall (test-suite) pass or failure; it's a sad day - we've lost our beloved red-bar-green-bar.
  • In the event of an error/failure, improved diagnostic feedback. Just the other day I was getting frustrated with the old version, scrolling through the stack trace to find what class and which line of code I wrote (as opposed to FlexUnit code) that caused the breakage; well, it seems I won't have to suffer that anymore.
Overall, it just looks a lot more charming. Check it out, literally.


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