FitNesse Release Notes 2020/12/13

Uncle Bob Consulting LLC.

Requires Java 8

Major Changes since 20200501:

20201213

20200501

• Bugfix: very slow rendering of pages having multiple tables defined via symbols (1280).

20200404

• Ensure FitNesseRunner takes suite partitioning into account when determining children (1275).

20200307

• Bugfixes in splitting suite in partitions.

20200307

• Fix bug in page rendering when using custom (not '/') content root (1272).
• Simplify (and improve) Slim's table colouring (1271).
• Minor performance enhancements.

20200304

• New feature to split a suite of tests in partitions, which could be used to split test execution across multiple workers, without having the change the content or structure of the test pages (1268).
• Exclude page names from test history which start with same substring (1263).
• Minor: Speed-up test startup by using less Java reflection generating pages.

20200205

• Added ability to customize HTML generated for Slim tables, using 'symbol decorators' (1255).
• Ensured proper validation messages when user forgets to specify a target page for a symbolic link (1260).
• Updated Slack channel invite to point to https://fitnesse-community-inviter.herokuapp.com (1261).

20200128

• Update documentation replace references to Yahoo Group with Slack channel (1259).

20200108

• Bugfix for pretty printed exceptions ending with '<' (1252).

20191229

• Add support calling static methods from Slim script tables (1245).

20191217

• Support importing remote wiki pages over https (not just http) (1086)

20191110

• Improved failure navigator at top-right after running tests: some tests were missed, others were counted twice. #1246

20190716

• Fixed issue allowing multiple symbolic links to point from a single page the same target page (1234)
• Allow 'Where Used' to also find pages having a symbolic link to the current page. (1237)
• Make page 'Rename' and 'Move' also update symbolic links affected by the change. (1238)

20190628

• Allow all uncle SuiteSetUp and SuiteTearDown pages to be run, instead of only the nearest one, by setting ALL_UNCLE_SUITE_SETUPS (1233). This also ensures that all tests are executed in order, fixing (1229).

20190620

• Allow plugins to override the default wiki theme (i.e. bootstrap) (1227)

20190508

• Optimized performance of Slim (javascript) expressions (1220)
• Issues fixed:
  • Do not set exit code to error when creating a symbolic link from command line (1223)

20190428

• Issues fixed:
  • Improved error message when Slim 'script' table has row with too few columns (1221)

20190421

• Issues fixed:
  • Fix table of contents for suites containing symbolic links to multiple external roots (1218)

20190418

• Issues fixed:
  • Prevent NullPointerException when fixture method returns 'null' Long (1211)

20190417

• Allow rerun of failed tests (only) from suite results page (1209)

20190416

• Issues fixed:
  • Fix search page (1207)

20190409

• Issues fixed:
  • Ensure version information is available inside .jar (1206)

20190406

• Issues fixed:
  • Allow running tests from the wiki using Internet Explorer 11 (1196)
  • JavaScript console errors when running a single test page (1199)
  • Slim symbols containing '%' cannot be used in Slim (javascript) expressions, on Java 9+ (1200)

20190224

• Issues fixed:
  • Don't display 'Broken pipe' exception when running tests on Debian with Firefox (1187)
  • Slim symbols containing '%' cannot be used in Slim (javascript) expressions (1190)

20190216

• New argument '-lh': just bind to the local loopback interface. Effectively preventing wiki-access from other machines in the network (1183)

20190202

• Bugfix: Allow Git version plugin to work when running via standalone.jar (1179)

20190127

• Add support to evaluate expression in/on Slim symbols (Java-only) (1123)
• Improve message on exception when test is run via jUnit (1134)
• Under the hood:
  • Improved speed of Slim's calls to Java fixtures (1179)

20190119

• Under the hood:
  • Now targetting Java 8
  • Dependencies updated to latest versions (including: commons-lang3, Velocity 2.0 (which includes slf4j, configured to log using java.util.logging))
  • Dependencies from the 'optional' configuration (i.e. junit and ant) are now also marked as optional in the pom.xml (which means they are no longer automatically added to the classpath of projects using FitNesse)

20190118

• Issues fixed:
  • Raise error if decisions table (based on scenario) has output column which is not an output of the scenario (1178)
  • fitnesse.jar was too big (bigger than fitnesse-standalone.jar) because of duplicated files
  • Build upgraded to Gradle 5.1

20190110

• Add support for Android Slim client (602)
• Allow templates to access the current request (1174)

20181224

• Fixed issue where accessing wiki using Firefox caused very high CPU usage (1173)

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:

• Andreas Büchel
• Mike Stockdale
• Oliver Kuntze
• Tom Heintzberger

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