Printing the HTTP status code in curl
This should be easier, but here it is for reference: curl -w “status: %{http_code}\n”
Month: July 2014
Testing akka actor termination
When testing akka code, I want to make sure a particular actor gets shut down within a time limit. I used to do it like this: Thread.sleep(2.seconds) assertTrue(actorRef.isTerminated()) That isTerminated method is deprecated since Akka 2.2, and good thing too, since my test was wasting everyone’s time. Today I’m doing this instead: import akka.testkit.TestProbeval probe = … Read moreTesting akka actor termination
A suggestion for testing style in Clojure
Getting a test to fail is one thing; getting it to express why it failed is another.Clojure.test provides an assertion macro: is (deftest “my-function” (testing “some requirement” (is (something-that-evaluates-to-bool (arg1) (arg2)) “Message to print when it’s false”))) When this assertion fails, in addition to the message, “expected” and “actual” results print. The is macro tries to … Read moreA suggestion for testing style in Clojure