Thanks Edward, Ben and Dean for the pointers. Yes, I am using Java and these sounds promising for unit testing, at least.
Regards, Shahab On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com>wrote: > You really do not need much in java you can use the embedded server. > Hector wrap a simple class around thiscalled EmbeddedServerHelper > > > On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Ben Boule <ben_bo...@rapid7.com> wrote: > > Hi Shabab, > > > > Cassandra-Unit has been helpful for us for running unit tests without > requiring a real cassandra instance to be running. We only use this to > test our "DAO" code which interacts with the Cassandra client. It > basically starts up an embedded instance of cassandra and fools your > client/driver into using it. It uses a non-standard port and you just need > to make sure you can set the port as a parameter into your client code. > > > > https://github.com/jsevellec/cassandra-unit > > > > One important thing is to either clear out the keyspace in between tests > or carefully separate your data so different tests don't collide with each > other in the embedded database. > > > > Setup/tear down time is pretty reasonable. > > > > Ben > > ________________________________ > > From: Shahab Yunus [shahab.yu...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:46 AM > > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Unit Testing Cassandra > > > > Thanks Stephen for you reply and explanation. My bad that I mixed those > up and wasn't clear enough. Yes, I have different 2 requests/questions. > > 1) One is for the unit testing. > > 2) Second (in which I am more interested in) is for performance > (stress/load) testing. Let us keep integration aside for now. > > I do see some stuff out there but wanted to know recommendations from > the community given their experience. > > Regards, > > Shahab > > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Unit testing means testing in isolation the smallest part. > >> Unit tests should not take more than a few milliseconds to set up and > verify their assertions. > >> As such, if your code is not factored well for testing, you would > typically use mocking (either by hand, or with mocking libraries) to mock > out the bits not under test. > >> Extensive use of mocks is usually a smell of code that is not well > designed *for testing* > >> If you intend to test components integrated together... That is > integration testing. > >> If you intend to test performance of the whole or significant parts of > the whole... That is performance testing. > >> When searching for the above, you will not get much luck if you are > looking for them in the context of "unit testing" as those things are > *outside the scope of unit testing" > >> > >> On Wednesday, 19 June 2013, Shahab Yunus wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Can anyone suggest a good/popular Unit Test tools/frameworks/utilities > out > >>> there for unit testing Cassandra stores? I am looking for testing from > performance/load and monitoring perspective. I am using 1.2. > >>> > >>> Thanks a lot. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Shahab > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my phone > > > > This electronic message contains information which may be confidential > or privileged. The information is intended for the use of the individual or > entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that > any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this > information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic > transmission in error, please notify us by e-mail at ( > postmas...@rapid7.com) immediately. >
