Run tests locally with sbt in maven project.

README.md

What does sbt have that maven does not?

1. Continuous compilation, that is files are compiled and tested upon file change. Just run any target with ~, eg sbt ~test
2. Sheer speed. The full test execution takes about half the time compared to maven.
3. test-quick - An sbt target that only runs tests that either a) failed in the previous run b) have not run before or c) Have recompiled dependencies.

How?

• Install sbt, eg brew install sbt or http://www.scala-sbt.org/release/docs/Getting-Started/Setup.html
• Copy the build.sbt (from below) and put it next to your pom.xml in the project root.
• Create a directory called 'project' in your project root. Put the plugins.sbt file (below) in it.
• Run sbt

build.sbt

javacOptions ++= Seq("-encoding", "UTF-8")                                  //Support utf8 in java source files.

libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.10" % "test" //Sbt does not recognize junit tests out-of-the-box, so we have to add this dep.

libraryDependencies += "org.scala-lang" % "scala-library" % "2.9.2" % "compile-internal" //You need to put scala on classpath to run 'sbt console'

testOptions += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-q", "-v", "-s")       //Makes console output a bit prettier.

parallelExecution in Test := false                                          //Some of our (embedded-) database tests cannot be run in parallel due to locking during setUp.

plugins.sbt

addSbtPlugin("com.github.shivawu" % "sbt-maven-plugin" % "0.1.2")