Success markers appear on correct line on all platforms
The success marker experiment continues in 1.1.14, but now they appear on the correct line on all platforms. I have received one negative comment about them. I don’t find them very useful myself. By analogy, the parser doesn’t mark all the correct lines, it just marks the incorrect ones. However, I’m waiting for more feedback before removing them.
The other issue supported by success markers is tracking Max’s progress. Until all tests run instantaneously, it will be necessary to report partial results. Success markers give you positive information: this test passes. There may be another way to solve this problem, though.
I have created a JUnit Max Yahoo Group. Feel free to visit there for discussions.
Next up, eliminating redundant reports of compilation errors. I’m also considering not running Max at all until a project is free of compile errors, but I’m concerned that this will eliminate valuable partial feedback. Thoughts?
“…not running Max at all until a project is free of compile errors…”. Sometimes during a refactoring a whole test class might not compile anymore. I like to fix compilation errors test by test and check that the bar is green on this test. Even if the others tests fail, I like this feedback. So I’d prefer JUnit max to run the tests even if there are comilation errors.