Testing Kotlin with Spock Part 3 – Interface default method

Kotlin allows you to put method implementation in an interface. The same mechanism can be found in Java interfaces as default methods (and also Groovy Read more

Testing Kotlin with Spock Part 2 – Enum with instance method

Testing Kotlin with Spock Part 2 – Enum instance method

The enum class with instance method in Kotlin is quite similar to its Java version, Read more

Testing Kotlin with Spock Part 1 – Object

The object keyword in Kotlin creates singleton in a very convenient way. It can be used for example as a state of an operation. Spock Read more

Groovy, Callable and ExecutorService

Suppose you want submit job to ExecutorService.

The Baroque version

You could create a class that implements Callable:

class MyJob implements Callable<Integer>{
    @Override

Grails with Spock unit test + IntelliJ IDEA = No thread-bound request found

During my work with Grails project using Spock test in IntelliJ IDEA I’ve encountered this error:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: No thread-bound request found: Are you referring to

Spock basics

Spock (homepage) is like its authors say ‘testing and specification framework’. Spock combines very elegant and natural syntax with the powerful capabilities. And

Spock, Java and Maven

Few months ago I’ve came across Groovy – powerful language for JVM platform which combines the power of Java with abilities typical for scripting languages

How to keep session in HttpBuilder with cookies

In my real-world scenario I have a REST service for AJAX purposes. It renders data series for graphs. I want to test it with groovy’s Read more

Test Driven Traps, part 1

Have you ever been in a situation, where a simple change of code, broke a few hundred tests? Have you ever had the idea that

How to automate tests with Groovy 2.0, Spock and Gradle

This is the launch of the 1st blog in my life, so cheers and have a nice reading!

y u no test?

Couple of years Read more