I've used JUnit before, I do want to learn HttpUnit (among so many other things that I need to learn :-) But thanks for providing the details, they're helpful.
I've worked on a few eXtreme Programming projects, and recognize the importance of test-first-design. The main reason for using Jasper was not to verify the that the JSPs would compile but was only to reduce the page load time for the customers/visitors and since we used the same version of Tomcat accross all stages of development compatibility wasn't a smaller issue for that team. But now, I can see why we developers weren't allowed to upgrade to a newer version of Tomcat, it was mandatory for us to use Tomcat 4.1 even though a much newer version of TC was available at that time. -Regards Rashmi ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ant Users List <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:23:58 AM Subject: Re: How to compile jsp files with ANT I do what John suggests and use HttpUnit. 1. you need those tests anyway 2. you can fetch all pages, including error pages and those that need auth (if your tests log in first) 3. you can also walk every link from the index page and verify you have no broken links the hard part is writing the tests with side effects; the ones that add stuff to the shopping basket and pay for them, or which move money between bank accounts. But you know what? You need them anyway. in a dev env, you deploy, run the tests while you go get a coffee and all is well. On production, you can run the tests on the live system immediately after every deployment. Really, if you dont use httpunit, now is the time to learn :) -steve ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
