On Wed, May 28, 2014 7:58 pm, Vasudev Kandhadai
vasu(_dot_)kandhadai(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com
wrote:
is there a good reason to deploy a XSLT unit testing framework? I have
If it's going to be useful to you.
never seen any serious XSLT dev env where the XSLT unit testing was either
done religiously, or considered mandatory. Other than a very religious
Java development team with strict Junit set up with Maven etc, who have
adopted XSLT into their dev env, who would now want to extend the same
ideologies to the XSLT world? I have personally never used or utilized
practically any XSLT unit testing framework in any project and nor was
there any requirement to do so...
Then don't.
I find it most useful with code involving regular expressions -- e.g.,
recognising part numbers in text -- since there can be a lot of variation
in the source and since the regular expressions are often built up from
multiple sub-expressions.
So considering we need to do this, I came across,
XSPEC, XUnit etc.. Xspec seems like a good one, but doesnt look like a
lot
of discussions are happening in the community.. The Coverage feature
Which can mean that it works well enough for multiple people.
doesnt work ...
The class is not being maintained.
That much is true.
Cakupan, was very hard on my brains to read the manual.. Again something
that has been out there for a while and not sure it is still maintained /
supported.
Why does code have to be constantly churning to be seen to be useful,
particularly when it's just a utility?
Does anyone has any ideas on what options we have in the XML world for
XSL Unit Testing + Coverage Report
My page on testing XSLT is at
http://www.menteithconsulting.com/wiki/TestingXSLT
I tried posting to the Xspec community but no one bothered to answer my
questions , so I am inclined to think it is dead.
Sorry, but I, for one, haven't seen anything from you on the XSpec mailing
list [1]. Could it be stuck in moderation?
Somehow I am also inclined to think Coverage feature is a very
Java/C#/C/C++ paradigm... Doesnt make too much sense with the XSLT world?
If you're going for 100% test coverage, then yes; otherwise, it depends.
Regards,
Tony Graham
tgraham(_at_)mentea(_dot_)net
Consultant http://www.mentea.net
Chair, Print and Page Layout Community Group @ W3C XML Guild member
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