Comments on: Flex 4: Create a simple Unit Test in FB

By: Abhilash Nagar

Abhilash Nagar — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:08:12 +0000

A very nice code examples.Thanks.I want to know how to create test cases for ApplicationFacade and Mediators.

By: Alain

Alain — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:09:05 +0000

That seems logical.
Thanx!

By: richard willis

richard willis — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:02:41 +0000

Ah, answer seems to be to browse to ‘flexUnitTests’ package oneself when the ‘New > TestCase Class’ dialog appears

By: Alain

Alain — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:01:50 +0000

Hi Richard,

Thanx for commenting, but I wrote this post with the Flash Builder Beta version. That implies that I’m not sure if everything is still working as I explained it. I will need to check this with the latest version.

But you have a point. In my experience you should separate the Test classes from the actual classes. You can still refactor (move) the Test Class to your specific test namespace. This refactor feature us also new to Flash Builder.

Hope this helps

By: richard willis

richard willis — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:55:35 +0000

Alain, nice simple post, thanks. Works a treat

Except for one thing though. This section:

Enter the Name of the TestCase Class (in this case: MyTestClass), select the Class to test (in this case: MyObject) and select Finish. Flash Builder now generates several items. First a new folder name flexUnitTests is generated

Having made a new package com.website, put new class NewTest.as in it, and right-clicked it and selected ‘New > Test Case Class’ the new test case class in question turned up NOT in the formerly created ‘flexUnitTests’, but in the same folder as NewTest.as itself.

Said new unit test class DOES WORK, but I can see my package structures turning into a right mess if the unit test for every single class I have is lumped in alongside the class it tests.

Is there anyway this can be changed?