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Running SiteMesh on AppEngine

Does SiteMesh work on Google AppEngine (Java preview)?

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: Yes. It does. So long as you check 2 things…

1. Upgrade

You need SiteMesh version 2.4.2 or greater. Earlier versions do not support AppEngine.

Download here

2. Disable static file serving

If you want decorators to be applied to static content (e.g. to .html files), the following needs to be added to WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml:

<static-files> 
  <exclude path="**"/> 
</static-files>

This forces the static resources to be served by the Servlet engine, rather than a separate static web-server. Without this, the files served by the static web server will not be decorated.

Happy AppEngining.

2009
04/17
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Testing on the Toilet

At Google we have pretty good internal documentation, tutorials and places to find good tips. If you know you don’t know something, it won’t take long to find the answer.

However, it’s slightly tougher to place something to be read, when the target readers don’t know they don’t know it. This was a problem the testing group were finding, as they wanted to improve sharing of practical testing techniques.

So, Testing on the Toilet was started. A regular weekly(ish) tip posted in toilet cubicles and above urinals. Short enough to be read whilst doing your business.

Soon after, many visitors started noticing these postings and we got requests to make these available to put up in offices of other development teams.

So, we have.

http://googletesting.blogspot.com/

Each episode will be made available as a toilet friendly PDF.

2007
01/25
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Building testable AJAX apps (Does my button look big in this?)

Last week, Adam Connors and I presented “Does my button look big in this? Building testable AJAX applications.” at the Google London Test Automation Conference.

Unfortunately the code is unclear on the video, so you can also download the slides separately (13mb!).

2006
09/18
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I’ve joined Google

Woooo….. this looks fun.

2006
02/28
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