What are the persistence options for fitnesse files? So far it seems like a file system is the only thing supported. There does appear to be an out of date database plugin. Is there anything else that is supported (S3, database, etc.)? Is there a way to control where files are persisted if using the filesystem?
I believe there is very little in that area. The location of the files can be controlled using a command line option. See http://fitnesse.org/FitNesse.FullReferenceGuide.UserGuide.QuickReferenceGuide#FitNesseCommandLINE
-d /path/to/fitnesse/root
How I've used the FitNesse wiki is as a local development tool, with the pages on the file system. Once I'm satisfied with the tests I commit them to version control (e.g. git) so that they become part of the (integration) test pipeline setup (e.g. they are run as part of the CI/CD pipeline of the project).
There is a plugin I believe that will automatically commit any save actions to Git, but I've never used that. Saving each edit action just pollutes version control in my opinion. I only want to see tests after they have been checked/completed, and that tends not to be each save.
Working on a shared wiki environment (where I would expect a non-file system approach would fit in) you run into the same problem, I expect. Developing automated tests is a development task that requires some iterations before it is 'done', and not all attempts reach that 'done' state. So using shared storage for wiki persistence creates 'noise' in the test-set: which are the tests that form the current reference set that should pass and what is work in-progress.
If you are working on a larger project where new features are developed together with their automated tests it becomes even more important to know which test changes belong to which features/changes. Having tests on the file system, in version control, allows you to develop test in sync with code changes in the same branch. This is what I would recommend.
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I am using the scriptrunner plugin for Jira.
Is it possible to add a condition to a transition using scriptrunner?
Currently, my condition is in a script which I have manually added to the workflow.
But I was wondering if there is a way to do it automatically?
I was looking through documentation on: https://docs.atlassian.com/
I came across this method:
replaceConditionInTransition which is a method of WorkFlowManager.
But I'm unsure on how to use this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Conditions as any another scripts can be added from file system. You can store scripts in any VCS (bitbucket, github, gitlab, etc) and automatically deploy them to Jira server file system through any CI/CD system (teamcity, jenkins, bamboo, gitlab, etc).
So, as result process will be looks like. 1. commit changes in you script to vcs 2. wait a bit for auto deploy (e.g. triggered by commit) 3. done. As additional you can write any script/service/etc for commit these changes automatically if needed.
Also look at script roots it's helpful way which allows reuse any of script fragments through helpers classes.
It's rather conceptual answer basically because implementation is depends on environment, but I hope that you get at least one more point of view to solve this task.
I think that using the Java API to modify Jira workflows is pretty tough. You could dig around in the workflow editor to see how conditions are added there. Remember that you have to do this in a draft workflow and then publish it, which takes some time in large projects
I like the idea of replacing a script file as easier, if it can be done when no issues are transitioning
I am looking into how to set up a liferay project with version control and automated deployment. I have a working local development environment in eclipse, but as far as I understand it, setting up a portal in liferay is in part the liferay portal instance running on tomcat and then my custom module projects for customization. I basically want all of that in one git repository which can then be
1: cloned by any developer to set up their local dev environment
2: built and deployed by eg. jenkins into eg. AWS
I have looked at the liferay documentation regarding creating a docker container for the portal, but I don't fully understand how things like portal content would be handled.
I would be very grateful if someone could lead me in the right direction on how a environment like this would be set up.
Code and content are different beasts. Set up a local Liferay instance for every single developer. Share/version the code through whatever version control (you mention git).
This way, every developer can work on their own project, set breakpoints, and create content that doesn't interfere with other developers.
Set up a separate integration test environment, that gets its code exclusively through your CI server, never gets touched manually.
Your production (or preproduction) database will likely have completely different content: Where a developer is quick to create a few "Lorem Ipsum" posts and pages, you don't want them to escape into production. Thus there's no movement of content from development to production. Only code moves that way.
In case you want your developers to work on a production-like environment, you can restore the production content (database) to development machines. Note that this is risky though: The database also contains user accounts, and you might trigger update notification mails from your development machines - something that you want to avoid at all costs. Plus, this way you give developers access to login data (even though it's hashed) which can be abused. And it might even be explicitly forbidden by industry regulations to use production data in development environments.
In general: Every system has its own database (at least their own schema), document store and indexing server. Every developer has their own portal JVM running. The other environments (integration test, load test, authoring, production) are also separate environments. And no, you don't need all of them all the time.
I can't attribute this quote (Milen can - see his comment), but it holds here:
Everybody has a testing environment. Some are lucky to run a completely different production environment.
Be the lucky one. If everyone has their own fully separated environment, nobody is stepping on each other's shoes. And you'll need the integration tests (with the CI output) anyway.
I asked the following two questions in JIRA Answers, but got no reply so far:
Question 1
Question 2
Basically my question is what's the best way to make changes in a JIRA production environment.
This will be rather general answer, but this is how I do it:
I avoid modifying JIRA production files. When I need it (e.g. mail templates), I keep them under source control along with plugin in 'deploy' directory which mimics JIRA directory structure so it is possible to grap it and deploy it with copy&paste
I frequently use javascript to decorate screens with custom behavior
Schema changes, custom fields and other meta data are all created in code
Keep everything in plugin and leverage plugin versioning system. Plugin should be able to check whether there is everything it needs and when not it should be able to upgrade incrementally.
For JIRA configuration - this is the same, plugin should check whether it has everything it needs, but you can also keep configuration changes in some excel file and have it under source control
My aproach is to have everything possible in source control and modify production files only when absolutely necessary. Do as much in code as possible.
I have a scenario that requires me to revert to a clean snapshot before or after each Coded UI test method is executed. I have researched using the TFS Lab Management API (see http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/shair/2011/12/22/tfs-api-part-42-getting-started-with-lab-management-api/) to revert to a specific snapshot as part of the TestInitialize and/or TestCleanup method, but I can only get this to work when executed locally. When executed on a remote machine I get errors authenticating to the TFS service.
My other option is to somehow do a 'foreach test in testrun' into the build process template (LabDefaultTemplate.11.xaml). I have identified the area that I think this would fit best, but cannot find any documentation on running a loop on each test.
Is this something that is possible, or is there somehow a built in method to accomplish this that I have overlooked?
To do what you propose you should switch to Release Management and create a separate test run for each of your groupings, in your case each test. You can use RM to orchestrate looping through each of your runs and executing then.
http://nakedalm.com/execute-tests-release-management-visual-studio-2013/
However running a UI test should not break your application and I would suggest that either your tests are way too long, or there is some flaw in the design of your application.
How does ASP.NET MVC, if at all, deal with or provide ways to create your application using multiple environments? For example:
Development environment (local machine, probably run via the built-in web server and talking to a local database)
Testing (runs against a preloaded databse with example data, although this part could be skipped and mocks could be used)
Production database on a real server with real data
Ruby on Rails has the concept of environments and "automagically" can deduce if you're in development or production, so you can specify your connection information (connection string) in a config file and the framework dynamically pulls the appropriate one. Is there a similar way of doing things with .NET MVC? If not then how are professional developers using .NET MVC handling different environments?
The only way I can think of is to manually add an "environment" global method (or use an enum, or something like that, maybe this is a use for something like the State pattern?) and store the different connection strings in the web.config file, and then create a base class which all data access classes derive from which provides a way to obtain the connection string for the current environment; this would then have to be set to production when the time comes to put the application live.
Is there another way? Most of the .NET MVC videos and articles I've seen don't even bother with separate environments but only use a development database and don't indicate how you do it in production.
I'd say this is really a question of your company's internal processes. Since every company is a little bit different it's hard to have a "right" generic way to support dev/test/alpha/production and/or other environments.
One way: Create a setup program that supplies the correct connection string based on the environment chosen during the setup process.
Another way: System Admin edits web.config file to supply correct connection string during install.
Yet ANother Way: Connection strings are stored in the system registry.
Even Another Odd Way: You have all your connection strings for all environments in web.config, then a setting in appSettings the tells you which one to use.
Depending on the client, I've done all of these. There are more but these are the more popular.
(One client wanted to store the connecting string in the data base itself. Really.)
You can use alias for your database. You just point these aliases to different servers in the different environments. Stored in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Client\Connect if i remember right. Then you use the alias in the connectionstring.
In response to Jason's response:
We use Enterprise Library Environments to configure the different environment paramters and via msbuild invoke the Merge Configuration Tool that generates the different configs for each environment. The deploy process picks the right config file depending on which environment to install.
I was able to solve a similar situation following these steps:
In your Visual Studio, access Build > Configuration Manager
Click in "new"
Choose a name for your configuration, and then copy settings from an existing config. After the configuration creation, it will be available for you to target as build configuration
Create a Web.{env-name-you-chose}.config in your application folder, along with the original Web.config file.
Open your .csproj file with Visual Studio or any text editor
Search for a section that looks like the following and add the highlighted lines, with the config file name you gave previously:
Open your Visual Studio, reload projects if it's required, and now you are able to choose your configuration via CLI or manual publish using Visual Studio.
There is a Publishing Wizard (in Visual Studio) wich let's you change parts of web.config for release build automaticaly. Wich happens to be the feature you are asking about. No magic thou.
What we have done is during our automated build process (Hudson), we alter values in web.config depending on which environment the build is for. Unfortunately there isn't a magical way to do this.
For deployment, which I assume that is what the op was asking about, one creates multiple configurations and in the publish, picks a different configuration. These are called transforms and they operate on the web.config. One would have at least three publish profiles, one for dev, test and prod. One can change more than just the connection string in this way. One can turn on custom errors, turn off debugging and change values of configuration variables. I highly recommend it.
I have a similar question. I have a log table reader. I want it to read log tables in the development, test and production databases. The major difficulty lies in my user account doesn't have permission to look at test and production. It's some silly security thing. The user that I'm impersonating in the application does have permission. I'm struggling trying to tell MVC to build the test and production models using the impersonated user.