Overview

TestBox is a next generation testing framework for ColdFusion (CFML) that is based on BDD (Behavior Driven Development) for providing a clean obvious syntax for writing tests. It contains not only a testing framework, runner, assertions, mocking/stubbing and expectations library. It also supports xUnit style of testing with MXUnit compatibilities.

Important TestBox is a standalone testing package and is meant to be used with any ColdFusion (CFML) application, framework or library. IT IS NOT ONLY FOR COLDBOX APPLICATIONS.

Useful Resources

• Approaches to Mocking

• Wikipedia Mock Objects

• Using mock objects for complex unit tests IBM developerWorks

• Unit testing with mock objects IBM developerWorks

• Emergent Design by Scott Bain

• Mocks Aren't Stubs by Martin Fowler