[wsas-java-dev] Integrating smoke test with nightly build

[Davanum Srinivas]

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Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> Please consider using HTTPUnit for running the smoke tests.
> 
> -- dims
> 
> azeez at wso2.com wrote:
>> One of the problems we are facing is that even though the WSAS nightly
>> build is successful, WSAS does not startup properly or doesn't behave as
>> expected i.e. it smokes when turned on. This was revealed by one of recent
>> JIRAs filed by Jonathan. The nightly builds may have some defects, but
>> should never smoke.
> 
>> Therefore, we must have a set of smoke test scripts integrated with the
>> nightly build system. If all unit tests pass & the build is successful,
>> the smoke tests will be run against the build. Smoke test failure will
>> fire an alert. A nightly build which smokes should not be uploaded to the
>> nightly build repository. This is a best practice adopted by some of the
>> leading software engineering companies.
> 
>> Charitha, please lead this effort in developing a set of smoke test
>> scripts for WSAS. You can start with a simple script that checks whether
>> there are any exceptions when WSAS is started up, and then gradually grow
>> this script. Once this is done for WSAS, we can also implement this for
>> other products.
> 
>> -- Azeez
> 
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Davanum Srinivas (dims at wso2.com)
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