Open Source Testing Tools in Groovy

Grester is a Maven2 Plugin for the Jester Tool, written entirely in Groovy. It was born out of a need to quickly test the junit tests with Jester from within Maven projects.

easyb is a BDD framework (like RSpec & JBehave) that provides a domain specific language which makes application verification simple, fun, and easy. easyb provides support for two types of specifications, Behaviors and Stories. Behaviors are created with before and it. Stories are created with scenario, given, when and then.

EasySpec uses annotations to define the unit of interest, context, and behaviors for BDD-style specifications. Because there is no test runner, you are free to use your favorite. Easy Spec is independent of the testing framework.

Gmock is a mocking framework for the Groovy language. It is all about simple syntax and readability of your tests so you spend less time learning the framework and more writing code.

GroUnit is a unit testing tool for Groovy like JUnit is for Java. Due to the seamless integration of Groovy with Java JUnit can also be used for Groovy unit tests.

Hydra-perf is a clustered performance testing tool. Hydra-perf uses Terracotta to distribute method invocations across the agent/controller grid and maintains shared state through the use of a data grid. Test scripts are written in Groovy and executed on the agent processes.

Lightest is a task-oriented test automation framework that aims to simply the process of creating functional, integration, and domain-specific testing frameworks. It leverages the flexible TestNG execution engine with the expressiveness of the Groovy language

Spock is a testing and specification framework for Java and Groovy developers. What makes it stand out from the crowd is its beautiful and highly expressive specification language. Thanks to its JUnit runner, Spock is compatible with most IDEs, build tools, and continuous integration servers.

Test'N'Groove (read as in Test and Groove) is the integration of Groovy and TestNG. This enables writing TestNG tests directly in the Groovy scripting language.