Netuality

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Using HTTPUnit 'out of the box'

Recently, HTTPUnit project reached version 1.6. While this nifty API is mainly targeted at unit testing webapps, I have also succesfully used it for other purposes such as :
HTTPUnit as a benchmarking tool
There is a plethora of web benchmarking tools out there, both freeware and commercial. However, my customer requested some features for testing, that [...]

JUnit Recipes - for the gourmets of Java unit testing

A mini-review
The book already has stellar ratings on Amazon, JavaRanch and other select places, and after reading a few chapters, the only thing I can do is add this post on the praise list.
Why only a few chapters ? Well, you see, this is not exactly the type of book that you read from [...]

Junit : it's not [only] about the API

Being extremely busy lately, I arrive a bit late at the Junit destruction feast. While it is probably true that some guys with a certain gift for writing blog articles may “come up with something far more useful in a couple of days”, I think the discussion is missing an important point: there's a whole [...]

Comparing FOP and JasperReports

Anybody looking for OSS reporting solutions in Java usually has to make a choice between Apache FOP and Jasper Reports*. While having somewhat different feature sets and addressing distinct reporting solutions, the two APIs boil down to the same basic thing : generate a report from an XML file (or stream/string/whatever). FOP has a clear [...]

Exotic Eclipse plugins of the week

Currently developing Eclipse plugins, I am constantly searching for things on the net. Have to admit that PDE documentation is very scarce as soon as you enter into the depths of Eclipse such as tight integration with the search mechanism or extending JDT. Searching this kind of things, absolutely by pure chance I have [...]