http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron Aaron's Fluffy blog Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:14:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en C:\Aaron\projects>java -version java version "1.6.0_04" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_04-b12) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode, sharing) C:\Aaron\projects>ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32] -e:1: undefined local variable or method `rsion' for main:Object (NameError) C:\Aaron\projects>gem -v 1.1.1 C:\Aaron\projects>sprout -n as3 SomeProject >> Creating new project 'SomeProject' with as3 >> Loading gem [sprout-as3-bundle] from http://gems.rubyforge.org with it's dependencies Bulk ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/08/12/sprouts-install-windows/ $ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-linux] $ gem -v 1.2.0 $ gem list --local *** LOCAL GEMS *** actionmailer (2.0.2) actionpack (2.0.2) activerecord (2.0.2) activeresource (2.0.2) activesupport (2.0.2) hoe (1.7.0) mysql (2.7) pg (0.7.9.2008.03.18) rails (2.0.2) rake (0.8.1) rspec (1.1.4) rubyforge (1.0.0) sqlite3-ruby (1.2.2) test-unit (2.0.0) ZenTest (3.10.0) # gem install sprout Successfully installed rubyzip-0.9.1 Successfully installed archive-tar-minitar-0.5.2 Successfully installed rubigen-1.3.2 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.3 Successfully installed net-sftp-2.0.1 Successfully installed open4-0.9.6 Successfully installed ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/08/12/sprout-install-linux/ Flexting is the blog of Paulo Caroli the guy who wrote Flash-Selenium http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/07/21/flex-testing-blog/ I've been experimenting with Selenium RC and Flash. I thought I'd try the Automation API, but found this: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash_selenium_04.html Here is the download: http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/ I included flash-selenium-java-client.jar into my eclipse project along with the selenium jars and junit 3.8 jar, and it ran out of the box, though I had trouble getting it ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/07/21/selenium-rc-and-flash/ Not DB, DP (Digital Primates) Not Unit, Uint (Unit and Integration testing) As far as I can tell so far it has an improved unit testing framework over FlexUnit, and has additional features, possibly also a GUI driven test runner for Flash apps. From their website: It adds support for: Multiple simultaneous asynchronous operations Asynchronous setup ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/07/08/dpuint/ I'm running into pain points again with tasks.  I'm using a blog to describe what I've done, ProjectPier app to list tasks, and a wiki to keep track of tools (which duplicates links from the blog.)  This is the tool I want to build (and integrate with a build with ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/06/30/tasks-journal-wiki/ Another unit testing framework for Action Script I saw mentioned in comments was ASUnit I'll look into that later. http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/06/30/asunit/ I typed "flex unit test" into google, and came up with a couple results. This tutorial got me started with FlexUnit even though it covers FlexBuilder 2. Basically, you add the flexunit.swc file to your library (like a jar?) and you're good to go. You cut ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/06/30/flexunit/ I installed flexbuilder (60 day trial) --pretty impressive -- and went through a couple tutorials [link] [link]. Flex.org also seems useful. HTTPService seems to be the core for webapps, though I'm guessing there are similar elements for streaming, direct db connections, etc. Binding and Datasources are still a bit of a mystery, and ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/06/30/first-flex/ I downloaded the FlexBuilder 3 plugin [linl] for Eclipse 3.3 (installed in Eclipse 3.3.2) Ran into a little trouble finding Eclipse 3.3.2 because I did it on the day Ecliipse 3.4 (Ganymede) came out.  Luckily I had a spare copy that wasn't customized.  I spent some frustrating time trying to download ... http://fluffy.qa-site.com/blogs/aaron/2008/06/30/installed-flexbuilder-plugin/