Considering her workplace rules, a rancher wonders which reasons would be OK for unit tests to break a build for any prolonged time (say, more than day). Lots of thoughtful opinions and good advice are offered in response in this thread in the Testing forum.
Jeanne reviewed Next Generation Java Testing by Cedric Beust and Hani Suleiman and gave it 7 out of 10 horseshoes.
"Next Generation Java Testing" has a subtitle: "TestNG and Advanced Concepts." This isn't surprising given the creator of TestNG is an author, but is important to realize. ... I liked the code snippets in the TestNG sections as they focused on relevant pieces. ... If you are using/planning to use TestNG and can ignore the rants, this is a good book.
You can read the full review and discuss it here.
[Bunkhouse] Review of "Scripting in Java - Languages, Frameworks and Patterns" by Dejan Bosanac
Ulf reviewed Scripting in Java - Languages, Frameworks and Patterns by Dejan Bosanac and gave it 6 out of 10 horseshoes.
This book aims to be an introduction to combining Java with scripting by presenting popular Java-based scripting languages, making the case for when and how to use scripting and Java, explaining the prevalent APIs, and showing some useful patterns of how to make it work.
You can read the full review and discuss it here.
[Bunkhouse] Review of "Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server" by David Heffelfinger
Jesper reviewed Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server by David Heffelfinger and gave it 9 out of 10 horseshoes.
The book is aimed at Java developers with some experience who want to learn Java EE using GlassFish. ... [It] does not cover setting up and configuring GlassFish in detail, nor does it cover advanced topics such as clustering and high availability.
You can read the full review and discuss it here.
