FitNesse Plugin
for IntelliJ IDEA© 6

fitnesse4idea is a plugin for IntelliJ IDEA 6 that aims to integrate FitNesse testing and java development through a set of integrated IDE tools.

The Fitnesse Acceptance Testing Framework(www.fitnesse.org) is a framework to integrate tester, business analyst, and developer concerns in testing. This plugin will provide ease of use for developers needing to integrate into their development tasks the development of Fitnesse tests and fixtures.

there is a mailing list for feature requests, bugs, and other comments. [Goto Yahoo Groups]

Features at a Glance

Here are the features that fitnesse4idea will provide. Some are already available as part of the current beta release.

• syntax highlighting
• start/stop and configuration of fitnesse server
• navigation between wiki markup and fixture (not implemented yet)
• stubbing of tables and fixtures (not implemented yet)

Feature Description

Syntax highlighting

The plugin provides fully configurable syntax highlighting for FitNesse wiki markup.

• wikiwords
• comments
• tables
• keyword, keyword parameter, define constructs
• markup and layout elements
• preformatted content
• colapsable content
• lists

Starting and Stopping of the server

Creating server configurations is completely integrated within IDEA's run configurations. This way there can be multiple fitnesse configurations for every project. This way start-up parameters can be configured specifically for each project.

Java-to-Wiki and Wiki-to-Java Navigation

Just like in any IDE one can navigate from a caller method to a callee method it is possible to navigate to the navigate to fixture code from a test page. It is also possible to navigate to to any test page that uses fixture code

Table and Fixture stubbing

When stubbing out new test pages you can quickly template out tables for existing fixtures found in the classpath. Or alternatly when a new fixture is defined by a new table signature a corresponding java fixture can be created