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Wiki page with data to trigger setters and methods in ADempiereLogin.java - POC upgraded with Slim version of Fitnesse

Introduction

A successful POC Login with easy user data to test true/false conditions. Just hit the Test button and get it intuitively on the same/single page.

• Testing is vital and crucial as software death can happen.
• We need to examine the overall compliance to our best practice besides going through the features, requirements and test plan.
• Then we examine the best tools for a test suite.
  • Fitnesse is one such tool already explored by Carlos Ruiz and Ivan Calderon's team at Interopen.
    • Interopen has made PMC:QA page and setup with Hudson.
  • Fitnesse expands the concept of testing to be more bazaar like and allow anyone out there to test easily, diversely and constantly.
  • It is easily upgraded to SLIM, a more powerful version of Fitnesse. (See right)
  • Fitnesse can be run as a Suite where reusable statements are Setup appearing on a single page.

Scope Deliberation

To come to an understanding of a scope, it is best to grasp where we are and where we want to go.

General Proposition of an ERP

• The essence of a modern ERP today lies in its Financials Integration.
• The core of that is the Costing Engine that fulfills advanced Cost Accounting requirements.
• A Costing Engine is a highly challenging module to develop and even SAP cannot perfectly resolve all scenarios.
• ADempiere seeks to resolve the most common terms of advanced use, such as Average Costing with Average Invoicing, FiFO and LiFO.

State of Affairs

• Compiere, which ADempiere inherits from does not have a complete costing method beyond Standard Costing.
• In developing methods like Average Costing, e-Evolution has proposed that a complete writing of it is necessary.
• Thus the Sponsored Development: Libero Cost Engine is born.

Dictionary or Terms

• Costing Method - Standard, Average, FIFO, LIFO.

Index of Discussion Threads

(Listed in reverse chronology order - latest first)

Average Costing

• Mike Judd 2010-08-14
• Marek 2010-06-25
• Azzam Ahmad 2010-05-16
• Sanyasi 2008-02-13
• Armen Rizal 2007-06-15
• Joel S 2007-01-11

Standard Costing

• Bayu 2008-11-27

Test Plan

Testing Framework Toolset

• The TestFramework to be used is Slim Fitnesse.
• Decision Tables will send sample data and assertions to a Fixture that describes a Use Case that access a JUnit class testing the Cost Engine.
• The Decision Tables are wiki-like where any user can edit the sample data.
• This allows maximum reuse, visibility, high readability and scenario building without editing JUnit classes.

Specifications and Document Review

Information gathering in progress. Please do not edit - Redhuan D. Oon This part answer the question whether there exist sufficient documentation of specifications for proper review and whether the codings are in accordance to ADempiere Best Practices.

• Community Involvement - Yes
  • Discussion Thread - Yes
  • Critical Need - Yes /as Feature /accounts impact
  • Overlap with other branches - Yes: Armen, Carlos (according to discussion threads)
  • Market Comparison - Existing standard
• Specifications Document - Yes, still pending review
  • Versioning of Document - Not Visible, still pending review
  • Testing Document - Not Visible, still pending review
  • Review and Feedback - Not Entirely, still pending review
• Code Practice Compliance
  • In-code documentation - pending review
  • Code naming convention - Yes, still pending review
  • Follow patterns - pending review
  • Commit to Branch - Yes, still pending review
  • Backward compatible - Core code changes /core model changes
  • Impact to feature - Standard Costing
  • Reference to Document Specs - Not Specific

Use Cases

• Case I
• Case II
• Case III
• Case IV
• Case V
• ...

Black Box Testing

• Description of Use Cases that are common complete and quite comprehensive business scenario

Conditional Testing

• Specific tests that are white-box. They look into the code and ensure a certain loop condition is exhausted.

Issues Reference

• (link)

Test Suite

You are invited

• If you wish to join in please sign with (*~~~) below.
• Redhuan D. Oon :)

Links

• Start with TestFramework with enhancement notes in FitnesseSlim.
• Fitnesse Slim POC committed to Trunk
• Introducing this page to SourceForge Forum.