Description

This is the first external release of the GINT framework. GINT has been under development in its current form since 2009 based on earlier related works supporting the testing needs for various open source projects by the author. Projects include tools and plugins for Atlassian products.

Highlights

Testcases should be easy to declare and self documenting. Often, simple extensions to GINT make it possible to support different use cases and test requirements while maintaining this simplicity. There are a number of ways GINT supports extensions and customization.

1. Extension points or exits

   1. Command generators

   2. setAddClosure

   3. setCmdLogClosure

   4. testcase specific resultClosure, successClosure, and finalClosure extensions

2. Included extensions supporting testing of:

   • Shell (bat, bash, etc...) scripts

   • Java scripts - Command generator for JAVA

   • Groovy scripts - Command generator for GROOVY

   • Gant scripts - Command generator for GANT

   • Atlassian command line interface (CLI) testing - Command generator for Atlassian

   • Confluence command line interface (CLI) testing - Command generator for Confluence

   • Confluence macro testing. More ...

   • JIRA command line interface (CLI) testing - Command generator for Jira

3. Dynamic Groovy makes it possible to override or change specific GINT behavior with minimal coding.

4. Extend GINT source code

   • Open source

   • Minimal development dependencies

   • Includes a set of GINT based integration tests

   • Development tested on Windows, Linux, and Mac

• GINT is Open Source

• License is Apache License 2.0. More ...

• Code contributions are welcome. More ...

• Development version control uses Mercurial

  • GINT - BitBucket repository

• JIRA is used for bugs, issues, improvement requests, and support requests

GINT is tested on the following client platforms:

• Mac 10.6.4

• Windows 7 and Windows Vista

• Linux Ubuntu 9