Sevilla Java User Group (SVQJUG) - IS GROOVY BETTER FOR TESTING THAN JAVA?
Monday 6 April 2015, 19:00 - 20:00
Calle Reyes Catolicos, Sevilla, España
Two years ago, we introduced Spock tests into the MongoDB Java driver. The decision could be considered controversial – the project used no external dependencies in production code, and was 100% Java. But there was a back door… with Gradle as the build system, there was a tiny excuse to use Groovy in the project, provided it wasn’t in the production code. That’s all the excuse we needed to start using Spock for unit and, later, integration tests. Groovy has a lot of advantages as a testing language, and with Spock’s mocking, stubbing, and data driven testing features, it might seem as if this is the perfect way to write tests. In this session, Trisha will cover some of the features that make Spock (and Groovy) compelling for writing tests. But in the interests of fairness, she’ll also discuss some of the downsides, and the times when Java was chosen instead.
Bio:Trisha has developed Java applications for a range of industries, including finance, manufacturing and non-profit, for companies of all sizes. She has expertise in Java high performance systems, is passionate about enabling developer productivity, and dabbles with Open Source development. Trisha blogs regularly on subjects that she thinks developers and other humans should care about, she’s a leader of the Sevilla Java User Group, a key member of the London Java Community and a Java Champion – she believes we shouldn’t all have to make the same mistakes again and again.
Publicado por: Miquel Camps