Make your testing Groovy - events.static.linuxfound.org · What is Groovy? “Groovy is like a super version of Java. It leverages Java features but adds productivity features and

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Make your testing Groovy

Dr Paul KingGroovy Lead for Object Computing Inc.@paulk_asert

http:/slideshare.net/paulk_asert/make-tests-groovy

https://github.com/paulk-asert/MakeTestingGroovy

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Why test with Groovy?

Why test with Groovy?

• Wrong first question!

• … but great second question?

• Consider first the task at hand and

the organization and people fit!

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“People Fit” / “Organization Fit”

• People– Developers (familiarity with languages)

– Testers (tools language familiarity)

– Responsibility to create/run/maintain

– BAs/SMEs (ability to read technical tests)

– Consider both development and maintenance

– Expected feedback from tests (JUnit/Reports)

• Organization– Maturity level

– Degree of automation

– Tools in use

– Need for adaptability

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Why Test With Groovy?

• Advantages– Easy to learn

– Particularly good for Java shops

– Easy to plug and play different testing tools

– Good community & tools for professional agile

• Disadvantages– Requires JVM

– Less advantages if your developers using

Python, .Net, PHP

– Maybe your testers already know Ruby

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Scripting/Dynamic Languages

• Advantages– Lend themselves to succinct code/DSLs

– Powerful

– Increased Refactoring

– Increased Reuse

– Less prone to Brittleness

– Flexibility for tool integration

– Open APIs provide extensibility

• Disadvantages– Can be too low level

– Sometimes less tool support

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Test Characteristics…

• Coverage/Traceability– Requirement coverage/traceability

– Code coverage: line, branch, path, state

– Transactional Tracing

• Purpose– Unit, Integration, System, Customer

• Manageability– Removing duplication

– Managing lifecycle: shared setUp/tearDown

(@Before @After)

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…Test Characteristics

• Handling test data– Data-driven, databases, Spreadsheets, tables,

keywords, random, model-driven

– Large Test Volumes

– Speed of feedback, performance testing

• Tool evolution, longevity, cost,

support, documentation– Open Source/Commercial, Critical

mass/popularity

• Combinability

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Key Testing Practices…

• Use testing DSL’s

• Look to move up the testing stack– It used to be all about the driver

– Now the driver is hidden in the

framework or tool stack

• Apply good testing practices– Pareto analysis, bug clusters, mutation

testing, test early, all pairs/equivalence

partitions/orthogonal array testing, risk-based

test selection, coding for testability, use CI,

boundary value analysis, defensive

programming

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…Key Testing Practices

• Plug and play testing tools– Run different drivers with different runners

and different tools

• Complement automated tests with

exploration

• Expand testing scope– Test environment readiness, test

deployments

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Groovy and Testing Tool Spectrum*

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* Tools/libraries/frameworks don't always neatly fall into one category – still useful conceptually

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What is Groovy?

“Groovy is like a super version of Java.

It leverages Java features but

adds productivity features and

provides great flexibility and

extensibility.”

Groovy = Java – boiler plate code+ closures (1st class FP)+ extensible type system+ runtime & compile-timemetaprogramming

+ flexible grammar (DSLs)+ scripting & GDK library

Groovy starter

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System.out.println("Hello, World!"); // supports Java syntax

println 'Hello, World!' // but can remove some syntax

String name = 'Guillaume' // Explicit typing/awareness

println "$name, I'll get the car." // Gstring (interpolation)

def longer = """${name}, the car

is in the next row.""" // multi-line, implicit type

assert 0.5 == 1/2 // BigDecimal equals()

assert 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3 // and arithmetic

def printSize(obj) { // implicit/duck typing

print obj?.size() // safe dereferencing

}

def pets = ['ant', 'bee', 'cat'] // literal list syntax

pets.each { pet -> // closure support

assert pet < 'dog' // overloading '<' on String

} // or: for (pet in pets)...

Target audience

• Testing for developers– Organising tests

– Running tests

– Data generation

– Mocking

– What can be tested

– Code coverage

• Testing beyond developers– Structuring

– Better reporting

– Data-driven

– Domain specific language (DSL)

– Test coverage

Testing Frameworks

• None

• JUnit 3

• JUnit 4

• JUnit 5

• TestNG

• Spock

Testing Frameworks

• None ???

• JUnit 3

• JUnit 4

• JUnit 5

• TestNG

• Spock

Testing Frameworks

• None ???– Groovy deems testing so important

that it comes with built-in testing:

– Built-in asserts, mocks

– Built-in JUnit 3 GroovyTestCase and utilities

– Built-in runners for tests

– Bundled JUnit 4

• JUnit 3

• JUnit 4

• JUnit 5

• TestNG

• Spock

Built-in assertions

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import static Converter.celsius

assert 20 == celsius(68)assert 35 == celsius(95)assert -17 == celsius(0).toInteger()assert 0 == celsius(32)

class Converter {static celsius (fahrenheit) {

(fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9}

}

Built-in assertions

• But what about errors?

• Groovy’s power Assert mechanism gives

a friendly description of what went wrong

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Built-in assertions

• But what about errors?

• Groovy’s power Assert mechanism gives

a friendly description of what went wrong

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GroovyTestCase (extends JUnit 3)

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import org.junit.Assertimport static Converter.celsiusimport static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals

class SimpleGroovyTest extends GroovyTestCase {void testShouldConvert() {assert Converter.celsius(68) == 20assert Converter.celsius(212) == 100, "Should convert boiling"assertEquals("Should convert freezing", 0.0, celsius(32.0))assertEquals("Should convert nearly freezing", 0.0, celsius(32.1), 0.1)

}}

JUnit4

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import org.junit.Testimport static org.junit.Assert.assertEqualsimport static Converter.celsius

class SimpleJUnit4Test {@Testvoid shouldConvert() {assert celsius(68) == 20assert celsius(212) == 100, "Should convert boiling"assertEquals("Should convert freezing", 0.0, celsius(32.0))assertEquals("Also for nearly freezing", 0.0, celsius(32.1), 0.1)

}}

JUnit5

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@Grab('org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.0.0-M2')@Grab('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.0.0-M2')import org.junit.jupiter.api.Testimport org.junit.platform.runner.JUnitPlatformimport org.junit.runner.RunWithimport static Converter.celsius

@RunWith(JUnitPlatform)class ConverterJUnit5Tests {

@Testvoid freezing() {

assert celsius(32) == 0}@Testvoid boiling() {

assert celsius(212) == 100}

}

JUnit5

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@Grab('org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.0.0-M2')@Grab('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.0.0-M2')import org.junit.jupiter.api.Testimport org.junit.platform.runner.JUnitPlatformimport org.junit.runner.RunWithimport static Converter.celsius

@RunWith(JUnitPlatform)class ConverterJUnit5Tests {

@Testvoid freezing() {

assert celsius(32) == 0}@Testvoid boiling() {

assert celsius(212) == 100}

}

Spock - BDD style

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')import spock.lang.Specification

class GivenWhenThenSpec extends Specification {

def "test adding a new item to a set"() {given:def items = [4, 6, 3, 2] as Set

when:items << 1

then:items.size() == 5

}}

Parameterized

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import org.junit.Test

import org.junit.runner.RunWith

import org.junit.runners.Parameterized

import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters

import static Converter.celsius

@RunWith(Parameterized)

class DataDrivenJUnitTest {

private c, f, scenario

@Parameters static scenarios() {[

[0, 32, 'Freezing'],

[20, 68, 'Garden party conditions'],

[35, 95, 'Beach conditions'],

[100, 212, 'Boiling']

]*.toArray()}

DataDrivenJUnitTest(c, f, scenario)

this.c = c

this.f = f

this.scenario = scenario

}

@Test void convert() {

def actual = celsius(f)

def msg = "$scenario: ${f}°F should convert into ${c}°C"

assert c == actual, msg

}

}

Spock

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')import spock.lang.*import static Converter.celsius

class SpockDataDriven extends Specification {def "test temperature scenarios"() {expect:celsius(tempF) == tempC

where:scenario | tempF || tempC'Freezing' | 32 || 0'Garden party conditions' | 68 || 20'Beach conditions' | 95 || 35'Boiling' | 212 || 100

}}

Spock - Celsius

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')

import spock.lang.*

import static Converter.celsius

class SpockDataDriven extends Specification {

@Unroll

def "Scenario #scenario: #tempFºF should convert to #tempCºC"() {

expect:

celsius(tempF) == tempC

where:

scenario | tempF || tempC

'Freezing' | 32 || 0

'Garden party conditions' | 68 || 20

'Beach conditions' | 95 || 34

'Boiling' | 212 || 100

}

}

Spock - Celsius

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')

import spock.lang.*

import static Converter.celsius

class SpockDataDriven extends Specification {

@Unroll

def "Scenario #scenario: #tempFºF should convert to #tempCºC"() {

expect:

celsius(tempF) == tempC

where:

scenario | tempF || tempC

'Freezing' | 32 || 0

'Garden party conditions' | 68 || 20

'Beach conditions' | 95 || 34

'Boiling' | 212 || 100

}

}

Spock - Mocks

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')import spock.lang.Specification

class SpockMock extends Specification {

def "buy ticket for a movie theater"() {given:def purchase = new Purchase("Lord of the Rings", 2)MovieTheater theater = Mock()theater.hasSeatsAvailable("Lord of the Rings", 2) >> true

when:purchase.fill(theater)

then:purchase.completed1 * theater.purchaseTicket("Lord of the Rings", 2)

}

}

Spock - Mocks

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')import spock.lang.Specification

class SpockMock extends Specification {

def "buy ticket for a movie theater"() {given:def purchase = new Purchase("Lord of the Rings", 2)MovieTheater theater = Mock()theater.hasSeatsAvailable("Lord of the Rings", 2) >> true

when:purchase.fill(theater)

then:purchase.completed1 * theater.purchaseTicket("Lord of the Rings", 2)

}

}

Spock - Mocks

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')import spock.lang.Specification

class SpockMockWildcards extends Specification {def "cannot buy a ticket when the movie is sold out"() {given:def purchase = new Purchase("Lord of the rings", 2)MovieTheater theater = Mock()

when:theater.hasSeatsAvailable(_, _) >> falsepurchase.fill(theater)

then:!purchase.completed0 * theater.purchaseTicket(_, _)

}}

Spock - Mocks

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@Grab('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4')import spock.lang.Specification

class SpockMockClosureChecks extends Specification {def "on couples night tickets are sold in pairs"() {given:def purchase = new Purchase("Lord of the Rings", 2)MovieTheater theater = Mock()theater.hasSeatsAvailable("Lord of the Rings", 2) >> true

when:purchase.fill(theater)

then:1 * theater.purchaseTicket(_, { it % 2 == 0 })

}}

Assertion frameworks

• None

• JUnit 3 assertions

• Hamcrest

• FEST

• Google truth

assertThat(googleColors).containsNoneOf(PINK, BLACK, WHITE, ORANGE)

assert ![PINK, BLACK, WHITE, ORANGE].any {

color -> color in googleColors }

Property-based testing

• Agile testing game (TDD)– Minimum test code to steer design of minimal

production code with desired business functionality

but 100% code coverage

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Property-based testing

• Agile testing game (TDD)– Minimum test code to steer design of minimal

production code with desired business functionality

but 100% code coverage

– “Grey box” testing

– Rarely used with functional programming

– Instead validate certain properties

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Property-based testing

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@Grab('net.java.quickcheck:quickcheck:0.6')

import static net.java.quickcheck.generator.PrimitiveGenerators.*

import static java.lang.Math.round

import static Converter.celsius

def gen = integers(-40, 240)

def liquidC = 0..100

def liquidF = 32..212

100.times {

int f = gen.next()

int c = round(celsius(f))

assert c <= f

assert c in liquidC == f in liquidF

}

Property-based testing with Spock

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https://github.com/Bijnagte/spock-genesis

Property-based testing: spock genesis

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@Grab('com.nagternal:spock-genesis:0.6.0')@GrabExclude('org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all')import spock.genesis.transform.Iterationsimport spock.lang.Specificationimport static Converter.celsiusimport static java.lang.Math.roundimport static spock.genesis.Gen.integer

class ConverterSpec extends Specification {def liquidC = 0..100def liquidF = 32..212

@Iterations(100)def "test phase maintained"() {

given:int tempF = integer(-40..240).iterator().next()

when:int tempC = round(celsius(tempF))

then:tempC <= tempFtempC in liquidC == tempF in liquidF

}…

Property-based testing: spock genesis

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@Grab('com.nagternal:spock-genesis:0.6.0')@GrabExclude('org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all')import spock.genesis.transform.Iterationsimport spock.lang.Specificationimport static Converter.celsiusimport static java.lang.Math.roundimport static spock.genesis.Gen.integer

class ConverterSpec extends Specification {def liquidC = 0..100def liquidF = 32..212

@Iterations(100)def "test phase maintained"() {

given:int tempF = integer(-40..240).iterator().next()

when:int tempC = round(celsius(tempF))

then:tempC <= tempFtempC in liquidC == tempF in liquidF

}…

…

@Iterations(100)def "test order maintained"() {

given:int tempF1 = integer(-273..999).iterator().next()int tempF2 = integer(-273..999).iterator().next()

when:int tempC1 = round(celsius(tempF1))int tempC2 = round(celsius(tempF2))

then:(tempF1 <=> tempF2) == (tempC1 <=> tempC2)

}}

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GPars

• Library classes and DSL allowing

you to handle tasks concurrently:

– Data Parallelism map, filter, reduce functionality

in parallel with parallel array support

– Asynchronous functions extend the Java

executor services to enable multi-threaded

closure processing

– Dataflow Concurrency supports natural

shared-memory concurrency model, using

single-assignment variables

– Actors provide Erlang/Scala-like actors

including "remote" actors on other machines

– Safe Agents provide a non-blocking mt-safe

reference to mutable state; like "agents" in Clojure

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Constraint/Logic Programming

• Description– Style of programming where relations between

variables are stated in the form of constraints

– First made popular by logic programming languages

such as Prolog but the style is now also used outside

logic programming specific languages

– Constraints differ from the common primitives of

other programming languages in that they do not

specify one or more steps to execute but rather the

properties of a solution to be found

– Popular libraries used with Groovy supporting

constraint programming include Gecode/J, Choco

and tuProlog

– We'll look at Choco as an example

Case Study with Constraint Programming

• You have been asked to set up some test

cases representing the Simpsons’ weekly

blogging habits

• After some careful study you observe the

following strange behavior– They never blog on the same day

– Marge blogs only on a Saturday or Sunday

– Maggie blogs only on a Tuesday or Thursday

– Lisa blogs only on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday

– Bart blogs only on the day after Lisa

– Homer only blogs if noone else blogged the previous

day and doesn't allow anyone to blog the next day

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ModelJUnit

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Testing DSLs

• Low-level DSL

• Higher-level DSL

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