On BDD framework integration - easyb / Spock

[bmajsak]

Greetings Arquillians!

I came across discussion about Spock and easyb integration on the irc log from #jbosstesting. I know that there is a github repo with initial integration with Spock. I'm keen to contribute, even though I'm still learning both Spock (came from easyb world) and Arquillian extension model [which is really cool btw!]. If you need help just let me know what needs to be done and maybe I will be able to contribute.

On the other hand I find easyb a little bit nicer when it comes to functional testing (i.e. having @Drone powered easyb tests could be extremely exciting!). Have you tried to play with easyb as well? Do you think there are some obstacles / limitations or should it be doable in similar manner to  Spock?

What is interesting about easyb is that you can intercept any step in the scenario invocation (given/when/then). From what I learned while reading Spock code is that you can hook your logic around Feature but not around particular blocks (expect/when/then etc).

Cheers,

Bartek

[lightguard]

Hi Bartoz,

I'm going to be taking over the Spock stuff, so feel free to contact me and we'll get it sorted out it quick order

As for the EasyB stuff it looks like the extension hooks that are exposed are a little lacking for what we'd want to do with Arquillian, though I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

[bmajsak]

Quick update. Early alpha version is available on github. It's based on the latest Arquillian snapshot (1.0.0.Final-SNAPSHOT).

Tested with Groovy 1.8, Spock 0.5 and Weld EE Embedded container 1.1

More to come soon.

[aslak]

Nice work Bartosz!

[bmajsak]

Thanks Aslak. Actually without your nice prototype it would be much harder

I'm planning to convert Arquillian showcase to use Spock, let's see how it will work.

[aslak]

yea, add some Spock based tests to the showcase as well.

Have you looked at easyb at all?

[bmajsak]

I've already started digging into the plugins part of easyb. Looks not as straightforward as Spock (well, I'm not a Groovy expert... yet ) but I will spend some more time on it and share the findings here once I'm back from holidays in 2 weeks.

[magick93]

Apologies for dredging up an old thread.

I'm interested in using Arquillian with Easyb and would like to know if the easyb+Arquillian integration ever matured?

Thanks