Java testing tools
Below are my picks for 8 of the best Java testing tools and frameworks.
1.Arquillian
Arquillian is a highly innovative and extensible testing platform for the JVM that enables Java developers to easily create automated collections of functional and acceptance tests. Arquillian allows to execute tests at runtime. Arquillian can be used to manage the lifecycle of single or multiple containers, bundle test cases, dependent classes and resources. It is also capable of deploying archives into containers, executing tests in containers, capturing results, and creating reports.
Arquillian integrates with common testing frameworks such as JUnit 4, TestNG 5 and allows to publish tests using existing IDEs and enables running Ant and Maven test plugins due to its modular design.
Official website: http://arquillian.org/
2.JTest
JTest, also known as "Parasoft JTest", is an automated Java software testing and static analysis software produced by Parasoft. JTest includes the following functions: generation and execution in case of unit testing, static code analysis, static analysis of data flow, metric analysis, regression testing, and runtime error detection.
In addition, it has the ability to automate the peer code review process and detect runtime errors such as: race conditions, exceptions, resource and memory leaks, and security exploits.
Official website: http://www.parasoft.com/product/jtest/
3.The Grinder
"The Grinder" is a Java load testing framework that is not only simple to run, but its distributed testing uses many load injection machines. The Grinder can load test as long as there is a Java API. This includes HTTP web servers, SOAP and REST web servers, application servers, and test scripts written in powerful Jython and Clojure languages that include custom protocols. The Grinder's GUI console allows monitoring and control of multiple load injectors and automatically manages client connections and cookies, SSL, proxy awareness and throttled connections.
The Grinder is free under a BSD-style open source license.
Official website: http://grinder.sourceforge.net/download.html
4.TestNG
TestNG is a testing framework designed for the Java programming language, inspired by JUnit and NUnit. The main function of TestNG is to cover a wider range of test classifications, such as unit, functional, end-to-end, integration, etc. It also has some new features that make it more powerful and easier to use, such as: annotations, running tests with various strategies for large thread pools, multi-threaded code testing, flexible test configuration, parameterized data-driven testing support, etc.
TestNG supports a wide variety of tools and plugins, such as Eclipse, IDEA, Maven, and more.
Official website: http://testng.org/doc/download.html
5. JUnit
JUnit is a unit testing framework designed for the Java programming language. JUnit has played an important role in the development of test-driven development frameworks. It is a member of a family of unit testing frameworks now collectively known as xUnit, derived from SUnit.
At compile time, JUnit can be linked as a JAR for writing repeatable tests.
Official website: https://github.com/junit-team/junit/wiki/Download-and-Install
6.JWalk
JWalk is a unit testing toolkit designed for the Java programming language. It supports a testing pattern known as lazy system unit testing. The JWalkTester tool can execute any test in any compiled Java class provided by the programmer . Through static and dynamic analysis, as well as prompting subsequent programmers, it enables tests to conform to lazy specifications.
Official website: http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/A.Simons/jwalk/download.html
7. Mockito
Mockito is an open source testing framework that supports Java and is available under the MIT License. Mockito allows programmers to create and test dual objects (mock objects) using automated unit tests for both Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) purposes.
Official website: http://mockito.org/
8.Powermock
PowerMock is a Java framework that supports unit testing source code. Although PowerMock can run as an extension to mocking frameworks such as Mockito and EasyMock, it has more powerful capabilities. PowerMock utilizes custom class loaders and bytecode manipulators to ensure mocking of static methods, removal of static initialization, function construction, final classes and methods, and private methods. Its main purpose is to extend an existing API with minimal methods and annotations for additional functionality.
It is available under the open source Apache License 2.0 conditions, and it can also be found at the Powermock Google Code site.
Official website: https://code.google.com/p/powermock/
I hope this article can help you to find your own Java testing tools and frameworks.
So what tool do you use to test the code?