Using JUnit with Eclipse IDE

One of my new projects at work is to ramp up a way to get our J2ME stuff under tests with JUnit. I've used NUnit quite a bit now, but hadn't had a chance to get up to speed with JUnit. I found a nice article on getting JUnit running with Eclipse. The article is a tad old, but pretty straightforward. If you want a quick rundown, here it is:

• Install Eclipse from eclipse.org.


• File->New->Project...->Java Project


• Name it whatever you want, and choose Next


• Click on the "Libraries" tab


• Click "Add External JARs..."


• Choose $ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.junit_3.x.x (or whatever the junit version is)/junit.jar


• Click Finish

Now your project has the JUnit jar on the classpath. Creating a test is very easy:

• File->New->JUnit Test Case


• Name it whatever you want - say TestThatWeGetHelloWorldPrompt to borrow from the article. Choose the method stub for main and "Add TestRunner Statement for text ui"


• Create a basic testWorks - public void testWorks(){assertTrue(true);}


• Save the file (autocompile)


• Choose Run->Run As->JUnit Test


• Watch the Green Bar pass