FitNesse Release Notes 2018/12/23

Uncle Bob Consulting LLC.

Requires Java 1.7

Major Changes since 20181221:

20181223

• "StopTestException" is SuiteSetUp is handled as SuiteStopException (1128)
• Improve finding of methods in Java classes (first letter may be a capital) (992)
• Allow today's date and expressions to be evaluated inside preformatted blocks (1017)
• Allow tests which expect an exception (1131)
• Allow Slim custom comparators to use values containing line endings (1142)
• Issues fixed
  • Remove non-standard transformer attribute when writing XML (1129)
  • Fix !headings when an heading contains literal macro (1121)
  • Fix exception in log "The request string is malformed and can not be parsed" (1042)

20181221

• Issues fixed:
  • Allow plugins to contain Velocity templates (used when rendering pages) (1127)

20180127

• Improve stability for non pipe based SUT connection (197)
• Fix new style wiki pages for Windows (line ending) (1058)
• SLiM now better handles parameter types in fixture constructors (1024)
• New wiki element: !headings (1025)
• Define table type now work for Script table (1029, 1099)
• JUnit runner supports system property based excludeSuiteFilter annotation (1033)
• A SuiteQuery no longer runs test pages that are excluded (1079)
• Root file pages are now included in the default wiki content by default (1084)
• Table:Table now resizes when the last line contains more results than expected (1055)
• Various documentation updates
• Various small improvements

20161130

• Add ability to specify the locale used to format evaluated expressions (929)
• New Slim table type: Baseline decision table (965)
• Add base folder for plugin documentation (971)
• FitNesse and Slim can now communicate over stdin/stdout. This removes the hassle with network ports (977, see UserGuide.WritingAcceptanceTests.SliM.SlimProtocol.PortManagement)
• API changes:
  • FitNesse is more strictly propagating exceptions, instead of only logging them (923)
  • Updated FixtureInteraction interface (911)
  • To improve extensibility, scenario resolution has been moved to ``SlimtestContext (974)
  • WikiPage interface now has a remove() method. This will replace the removeChild() method in the near future (930)
• Issues fixed:
  • Display of Map results from fixtures should allow nested HTML (921)
  • Fix assignment of output parameters of scenarios with graceful names in decision tables (928)
  • Fix Where Used page for pages under a Symbolic Link (925)
  • Fixed issues in CachedInteraction (973)

20160515

• FitNesse requires Java 7 now (872, 877)
• New autocomplete feature for the "move page" page (867)
• Name the link to execution log simply "Execution Log" (851)
• Dynamically add fitnesse jartoclasspath (862, 866)
• Searching for tags across Symbolic links (488, 888)
• Add support for table-in-table editing in rich text editor (669, 885)
• @SystemUnderTest now accepts method calls from subclasses (907)
• Disallow uploading to folder files/fitnesse (889)
• Avoid infinite cycles when using symlinks (888)
• (Slim) Deal with escaping content in hash table (886)
• Properly handle symbol assignment in first column of a query table (914)
• Issues fixed:
  • CompareVersions responder is not escaping output properly (861, 869)
  • Improve code by honoring InterruptedException (874)
  • FitNesse stops again when calling /?shutdown (875)
  • Fixed: Running suites does not show the tests summaries (876)
  • Fix escaping of HTML in Slim hash tables (878)
  • Fix class loading for FitNesse resources (880)
  • Change json content type from text/json to applicatioin/json (891)
  • JUnit runner now plays nice with Gradle (909)

20151230

• Documentation updates (843, 833, 825, 815)
• Slim runs completely in process in when run in debug mode (837)
• Detailed diff for failed Slim tests (824)
• Git version control support is now a plugin (792)
• Customized UnauthorizedResponder (841)
• Slim query table fields are now matched left to right (788)
• Improved search screen (838)
• FitNesse now uses java.util.concurrent thread pools instead of spawning unmanaged threads (830)
• Execution log information is displayed when executing suites and tests with format=xml (816)
• Many, many code consistency fixes thanks to @hansjoachim (807, 808, 810, 811, 812, 817, 818, 829, 836, 840)
• Under the hood:JQueryhas been upgraded to 1.11.3 (was 1.7.2)
• Issues fixed:
  • Class path issues (on windows and paths with spaces) (821)
  • Fix issues with non-wiki words and symbolic links (820)
  • Plain text editor fixes (find option(793, 798)
  • Fix issues with parsing UTF-8 characters (791)
  • JUnit formatter displays run time with 3 decimal precision (794)

20150814

• Syntax highlighting in plain text editor (631)
• Support generic behavior in Slim (Java) fixture via when fixtures implement InteractionAwareFixture (724)
• Tag filtering is now all case insensitive (728)
• Improved slim hash table handling (739)
• Supportcustomformatters(764)
• Nonwikiwordpage names are properly resolved when using !include statements
• Page-in-progress formatter has been removed (767)
• Issues fixed:
  • NPE in SuiteHistoryFormatter (736)
  • WYSIWYG (rich text)breaksinlinecodeintable (756)
  • Rich text editor retains line breaks (756, 777)
  • XML result files do no longer contain HTML output by default (as it was a few releases ago) (771)

20150428

• !contents has a new -H option (718)
• The JUnit runner is notified of system exceptions (716)
• New Slim table type: Alias table (711)
• Prevention of System.exit() calls is configurable (707)
• Improved error reporting when running test suites from the command line (706)
• Relaxed Test & Page History to only secure-read permissions (696)
• Remove global slim timeout during testing; this issue was introduced in v20150226 (660)
• Expose table of symbols to TableTable fixtures (644)
• Improve messages when Slim server crashes (662)
• Make the "bootstrap" theme the default (679)
• Relaxed Test & Page History to require only secure-read permission (696)
• Slim convertersproduceuserfriendlyerrors(682)
• Documentation updates (668, 672, 681)
• Issues fixed:
  • Fixes in file paths (667, 692)
  • Fix issue with ! in spreadsheet translation (678)
  • Revert old behavior for Slim String converter: pass empty string for empty cells instead of null (687)

v20150226

• Fixed lot's of code style issues (588, 618, 619628, 632, 634, 645)
• Table coloring for Slim tables (569)
• Improved extensibility of Slim tables (620)
• Allow graceful names for Slim decision table output columns, when used in conjunction with scenario tables (595)
• Image support for rich text editor (597, 606, 611, 629)
• Hash table editing support for rich text editor (622)
• Rich editor icons are now SVG images (568)
• Improved Slim Converters (613)
• Test execution log is storedinpagehistory. It's no longer stored in ErrorLogs pages (627)
• ?suite and ?test responders can now automatically clean up the test history (636)
• Added JUnit output format for suite runs: ?suite&format=junit (642)
• Issues fixed:
  • Fixed errors that occurred when a different XML TransformerFactory was loaded (598)
  • Fixed failure navigator in test history pages (580)
  • Empty suiteFilter argument on ?suite responder will be ignored (625)
  • Test/Suite button is search results worksfromsub-wiki's
  • Allow Symlink rename/replace on existing Symlink (610)
  • Prevent port conflicts for Slim runner when run in-process (621)

20150114

• Big cleanup. Removed classes:
  • util.StringUtil, use org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils instead.
  • util.ListUtility, use java.util.Arrays instead.
  • fitnesse.wikitext.Utils, use fitnesse.html.HtmlUtil instead.
  • fitnesse.FitFilter.
• Page names do no longer have to follow WikiWord syntax (513)
• Implemented Slim StopSuiteException -stopswholesuitefrom executing
• More flexible filter definitions for JUnit runner (555)
• Can customize property characters used in !contents (541)
• Deal more nicely with Slim scenario output parameters (536)
• Allowforurlparametersas variables in wiki pages (531)
• Raise an error if a new page will override an existing page (459)
• Issues fixed:
  • Reverted old test behavior: only the current page will be tested (previously also test sub-pages were executed) (538)
  • Fix SimpleFileVersionsController so it can be configured in plugins.properties.
  • Remember Wrap and Auto-format options in Safari (521)
  • ?properties responder is now returning more properties whenaskedforjsonoutput(517)

20140901

• Code cleanup for FitNesse JUnit runner (487).
• Improved error message when included page does not exist ((496).
• Slim script tables can now really be addressed with script:MyClass (500).
• Slim can deal with arbitrary length messages (504)
• Plugin classes can support more elements (sub)types (506)
• Make Scenario tables play nice with custom script table (sub)types (507)
• Output parameters in a decision table have been made available in scenarios (510).
• Command pattern can contain quoted parameters (this helps at places where spaces are involved) (508).
• Via the property WikiPageFactories (plural) extra wiki page types can be supported (505).
• Code cleanup in the Wiki module (511).
• Issues fixed:
  • Fixed issue when rendering stack traces on Windows with spaces in paths (510).
  • Allow Scenarios with parameterised style but with empty parameter names (510).
  • Fix handling and recording of errors in table definitions (510).

20140630

• Add page wide Expand/Collapse All buttons (bootstrap theme).
• Performance improvements: cache big factory classes and page data.
• Issues fixed:
  • Fix issue introduced in Order Query Table comparison in 20140623.
  • ErrorLog was not written if test execution was interrupted.
  • Include page header when executing test or suite.
  • Slow page tags again (bootstrap theme).
  • SLIM_VERSION variable is back: allow olderSLiMimplementations to connect.

2014-06-23

• Author information for GitVersionController.
• ?suite and ?test are now the same responder.
• More useful failure message forjUnitrunner.
• Use String arrays for commands. This should avoid errors with spaces in path names.
• Improved matching for query tables.
• Plugins are now loaded relative to the FitNesse root path.
• SLIM can handle checks on Map's.
• Refactoring on wiki subsystem.
• Issues fixed:
  • Support more than one level of symlinks.
  • ErrorLog is written for tests ran with format=text or format=xml.
  • Rich Text Format horizontal scrollbar is missing.
  • Failure navigator should only show in case of failures.

2014-04-18

• Introduced new logo.
• New table type for Slim: Dynamic Decision table.
• Add script: prefix. Script tables can be defined as script:Fixture name.
• Wiki server is no longer started when FitNesse is started with -c option.
• FitNesseRoot location can be changed in JUnit FitNesseSuite annotation.
• Comment columns for slim decision and query tables.
• Shortcut keys (press ?).
• Configurable Context root.
• Updated the .FitNesse.UserGuide structure.
• Improved Where Used feature in the Tools menu.
• JAVA_HOME variable is now used, if set, to find the java executable for java subprocesses.
• Properties slim.timeout and slim.debug.timeout can be used to configure timeouts (start up and finish) for SLIM test runs.
• The rich text editor is now an in-page editor (does not use an iframe anymore).
• Can auto-format on save when editing a page in plain textmode.
• Issues fixed:
  • Add menu should only show templates ending on -Page.
  • Missing stylesheets added to JUnit test results.
  • Fix representation issue with ignored field inSLimTableTable.

2014-02-01

• Files outside the http://files section can no longer be accessed!
• Updated bootstrap theme to bootstrap 3.
• Added hooks to add custom test systems.
• Pages can now be defined in a .TemplateLibrary. You can add your own page scaffolding.
• java.util.logging is now used for logging, instead of System.out/err.
• Support for more content types (in particular image types).
• Cleanup: removed packages fitnesse.runner, fitnesse.schedule.
• Refactoring: the code is a more modular than before. This makes it easier to integrate FitNesse components in other applications.
• MakeFittestrunnerno longer dependent on the wiki running: now theFit testsystem starts it's own "socket catcher".
• The jUnit test running is starting a test runner by itself. It's no longer using FitNesseMain.
• Slim server can be kept running after test execution (-d option).
• Issues fixed:
  • Unicode issues fixed.
  • Stability fixes for Slim.
  • Slim tables starting with "comment:" are considered comment tables.
  • Bug in Fit that caused flow mode for FitLibrary's DoFixture to break.
  • Bug where external HTML page suites were not displayed.
  • Hash map rendering in rich text editor.

2013-11-10

• CMSystem functionality is removed. Now only the VersionsController interface can be used.
• Git version control andrecent-changessupport
• Page caching is removed.Changesonthefilesystemarenowdirectly reflected in the wiki
• Test and Page history can show/hide passed tests. This makes it easier to search for failed test runs.
• The "names" responder has new options: "Recursive", "LeafOnly", and "ShowTags" (needs documentation update!)
• Reduce space used by includedpagesontestpage.
• Testsystem, Fit server and wiki code has been cleaned up.
• New command line option -f <config file>. Loads a custom configuration properties file.
• Code cleanup: test system, wiki and reporting (formatters)
• Settings can be configured both on the command line and in the plugins.properties file
• Updated REST API parameter for "names" request
• Issues fixed:
  • HTML content is table cells is passed to the SUT as-is
  • Sockets are not properly closed after Slim test execution
  • StopTestbehaviourchanged in version 20130530. Theoldbehaviourisin place again.
  • Fixed issue where stylesheets were not properly loaded in Chrome.
  • String arguments are not converted, even if a Converter is registered.
  • Rich text editor improvements

2013-05-30

• Many improvements in the JUnit test runner
• New: version comparator
• Wiki: can set image width with -w option, border with -b and margin with -m: !img -b 2 -m 10 -w 600 http://files/someImage.png
• FitNesse loads well with both fitnesse.jar and fitnesse-standalone.jar
  • Virtual Wiki functionality has finally been removed
  • Big refactoring ofSLiMtestsystem. Output is now XML compliant, introduction of domain classes and cachingofsetup/tear down pages
  • Many fixes in the rich text editor: full-screen editing, more lenient parsing of wiki text, improved cut-and-paste
  • Optimized wiki page parser performance
  • Fixed issue with setting/reading the same field multiple times in aSLiMdecision table
  • Stack traces fromSLiMserver are enriched with class information

2012-11-16

• Added new Failure Navigator. Now possible to jump quickly to cells containing failures or exceptions. Works on Tests and Suites. Finds failures in collapsed sections or in scenario tables.

2012-09-18

• Added the concept of a TemplateLibrary and the ability to insert existing templates into the plain text editor.

2012-03-20

• Note: This page has a layoutthat's not conformprevious releases of FitNesse
• Introduced ReleaseNotes page
• Moved a lot of presentation logic to template files
• New style - The layout and style in theWIkitext is changed as well, keep this in mind when comparing test output
• Wysiwyg editor
• Parser fixes
• Theming system

2011-10-25

• New parser

20110923 (Dan Rollo)

• Remove unneeded default <groupId> tags.
• Add plugin <version> tags.
• Add explicit, platform independent UTF-8 file encoding via property: project.build.sourceEncoding
• Remove dependencyonobsoletefitlibrary(the required classes are already in the source tree).
• Replace <system> dependency on json with the latest published json artifact.
• Remove unneeded undefined variable: basedir from <sourceDirectory> tag value.

20081128 (UB)

• Added &debug flag to TestResponderurl. This forces the test to run inside the fitnesse process. If you are running fitnesse in a debugger, you can breakpoint your fixtures.
• Symbols can be java properties or environment variables. Symbols first, env variables second, java properties third.
• If the first cell of a script table is a symbol assignment ($V=) then the rest must be a function call. The symbol is assigned the return value of the function.

Github ids of Contributors to this release:

• Brian Riehman
• Dan Cutting
• Fried Hoeben
• Jeroen Ruijgers
• Juan Ant. Ruzafa
• Juan Antonio Ruzafa
• Michiel Hendriks
• Patrick Bernard
• Paul de COURCEL
• six42

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