ColdFusion Unit Testing With MXUnit and IntelliJ IDEA

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This post will show you how to get quickly up and running Unit Testing with ColdFusion and IntelliJ IDEA. As an example I will show you how to create a simple CFC with its corresponding unit test using MXUnit and then run the test locally in your browser. This mirrors the project example in the similar post I made earlier on in the week: ColdFusion Unit Testing with MXUnit and TextMate.

1) Install IntelliJ IDEA:

jetbrains.com/idea/download/

2) Download and follow setup instructions for MXUnit (mxunit.org).

3) Create a new project in IntelliJ: File > New Project.

4) Keep the default Create project from scratch option and click next.

5) Name your project example_project and ensure your project files location is in your ColdFusion root e.g. /Users/newtriks/Sites/example_project

6) Ensure create module is selected and the module to use is the default Java Module and click next.

7) Select do not create a src directory and then click next and then finish.

8) Create an Application.cfc in the root of example_project by right clicking on the example_project directory > New > ColdFusion Tag Component and enter the following:

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<cfcomponent output="false">
  <!--- set up per application mappings --->
  <cfset this.mappings = {}>
  <cfset this.mappings["/com"] = GetDirectoryFromPath( GetCurrentTemplatePath() ) & "com">
</cfcomponent>

9) Create a new directory in example_project and name it com.

10) Within the newly created com directory create a new file named App.cfc and enter the following code:

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<cfcomponent>
    <cffunction name="addRapper" 
              access="remote"
              returntype="any">
      <cfargument name="rapperName" 
                  type="string" 
                  required="true" 
                  hint="Name of a rapper">
      <cfscript>
          var dummyResult=StructNew();
          dummyResult.name=rapperName;
            return dummyResult;
      </cfscript>
  </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

11) Create the following package structure:

example_project > test

12) Within the test directory create AppTest.cfc and enter the following:

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<cfcomponent extends="mxunit.framework.TestCase">
  <cffunction name="setUp" returntype="void" access="public" hint="Setup prior to running tests">
      <cfset obj = createObject("component","com.App")>
  </cffunction>
  <cffunction name="tearDown" returntype="void" access="public" hint="Tear down post running tests">
      <!--- cleanup --->
  </cffunction>
  <cffunction name="testAddRapper" returntype="void" access="public">
      <cfscript>
          var rapperName="Kool Keith";
          var result = obj.addRapper(rapperName);
          debug(result);
          assertEquals(rapperName,result.NAME);
      </cfscript>
  </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

13) Select: Run > Edit Configurations and add a new configuration by clicking the plus icon in the top left corner.

14) Select ColdFusion in the list of available run configurations and name it test-example.

15) In the web path input field enter the below url (amend your localhost param accordingly) and click OK:

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http://localhost/example_project/test/AppTest.cfc?method=runTestRemote

16) Select Run > Run or click the green triangle in the toolbar. You should see the below image: MXunit Test

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