the notes from my lightning talk on integration testing my "Send Email To Page" plugin for AtlasCamp 2010

1. What’s the most
exciting part of your
project?

2. What’s the most
exciting part of your
project?
The beginning when you come up with the idea?

3. What’s the most
exciting part of your
project?
The beginning when you come up with the idea?
Setting up the project / prototype / impl?

4. What’s the most
exciting part of your
project?
The beginning when you come up with the idea?
Setting up the project / prototype / impl?
First people start to use it, maybe buy it, give you feedback?

5. What’s the most
exciting part of your
project?
The beginning when you come up with the idea?
Setting up the project / prototype / impl?
First people start to use it, maybe buy it, give you feedback?
Integration Testing? Yes!

6. Send Email to Confluence

7. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence

8. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Content

9. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Content
Browser

10. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Content
Browser

11. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Content
Plugin
Browser

12. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Content
Plugin
Browser

13. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Content
Plugin
Email
Client Browser

14. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
Plugin
Email
Client Browser

15. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
Plugin
Email
Client Browser

16. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
Plugin
Email
Client Browser

17. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
Plugin
1
Email
Client Browser

18. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
2 (cron)
Plugin
1
Email
Client Browser

19. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
2 (cron) 3
Plugin
1
Email
Client Browser

20. Send Email to Confluence
Confluence
Email Content
Server
2 (cron) 3
Plugin
1
4
Email
Client Browser

21. What if you don’t automate testing?

22. What if you don’t automate testing?
You will fear.

23. What if you don’t automate testing?
You will fear.
“Fear is the path to the dark
side. Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate. Hate
leads to suffering - in plugin
development.”

24. How to efficiently test this?

25. How to efficiently test this?
Lots of great tools:
* Selenium
* Atlassian-Selenium
* Functional Test Plugin
* jWebUnit (used by JIRA)
* HttpClient
* Mockito
* TestNG Framework

26. How to efficiently test this?
Lots of great tools:
* Selenium GINT
* Atlassian-Selenium Groovy Integration Test Framework
* Functional Test Plugin
* jWebUnit (used by JIRA)
* HttpClient
* Mockito
* TestNG Framework

27. Confluence has lots of
hooks. Take advantage
of them

28. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
Plugin
1
Email 4
Client
Browser

29. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
Plugin
1
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser

30. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
Plugin
1
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class

31. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
Plugin
1
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class

32. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Plugin
1
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class

33. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class

34. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check

35. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin

36. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin

37. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin

38. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 2/3 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin

39. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 2/3 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin
4 - Confluence Remote API - to check page creation, loc,
content, labels, etc.

40. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 2/3 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin
4 - Confluence Remote API - to check page creation, loc,
Remote Java Wrapper
content, labels, etc.
insulates from UI changes

41. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 2/3 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin
4 - Confluence Remote API - to check page creation, loc,
Remote Java Wrapper
content, labels, etc.
insulates from UI changes

42. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
4
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 2/3 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin
4 - Confluence Remote API - to check page creation, loc,
Remote Java Wrapper
content, labels, etc.
insulates from UI changes

43. Confluence
Email
Server Content
2 (cron)
3
4
1 Ser vlet Plugin
1 Trigger
Email Test Suite 2/3 4
Client
Browser
1 - SendEmail Util Class
2/3 - simple servlet plugin to trigger check Servlet Plugin
4 - Confluence Remote API - to check page creation, loc,
Remote Java Wrapper
content, labels, etc.
insulates from UI changes

44. How Easy?

45. How Easy?
Entire servlet plugin

46. How Easy?
Entire servlet plugin
Check page exists, creator and content is right

47. What will happen?

48. What will happen?
4x productivity
the jump to Lightspeed

49. What will happen?
4x productivity
the jump to Lightspeed
10x the fun!

50. Conclusion:
Keep your dev cycle fast,
tight and fun with
automated testing.