Release Name: 0.6.0

Notes:
= Stella - 0.6.0 ALPHA

Stella is a Ruby library for writing functional tests in a sexy DSL (domain specific language).

==== NOTE: The 0.6 release was a complete rewrite from previous versions. All commands, APIs, and documentation have changed!*

== Example 1

     testplan :product_api do
       desc "Maintain a value between requests"
       auth :basic, "stella", "stella"
       protocol :http
     
       post "/upload" do
         name "Add Product"
         body "bill", "/path/2/file.txt"
         header "X-Stella" => "Version #{Stella::VERSION}"
         param :convert => true
         param :rand => rand
         
         response 200, 201 do |headers, body, objid|
           data = YAML.load(body)
           @product_id = data[:id]                   # Save a response value
         end
       end
       
       get "/product" do
         name "View Product"
         param 'id' => @product_id                   # Use the saved value
         
         response 200 do |header, body, objid|
           data = YAML.load(body)
           repeat :times => 2, :wait => 1.second     # Repeat this request twice
         end
       end
     end
     
     functest :quick_test do
		   plan :product_api
		   clients 2
		   duration 5.minutes 
		   verbose
		 end
		 
		 environment :development do
		   machines "localhost:3114"  
		   # machine "localhost:3115"
		   # ...
		 end
		 
		 run :development, :quick_test 


See bin/example_test.rb for a running example. 


== Installation

Get it in one of the following ways:

* RubyForge: http://stella.rubyforge.org/
* gem install stella 
* git clone git://github.com/solutious/stella.git
* gem install solutious-stella --source http://gems.github.com


== More Information

Stellaaahhhh[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmq-JDonTpc]


== Credits

* Delano Mandelbaum (delano@solutious.com)


== Thanks 

* Harm Aarts for the great test case and feedback!
* Kalin Harvey for keeping me on track.
* Dave L, the best intern money can't buy. 

== License

See LICENSE.txt



Changes:
STELLA, CHANGES

#### TODO

* TODO: prepend instance variables with "stella_"
* TODO: implement session handling
* BUG: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-2992
* TODO: variable interpolation that happens at test time so instance variables can be grabbed from the calling space. 
#
#  get "/product/${token}" do
#    ## TODO: Override environment settings. 
#    #protocol :https
#    response 200 do |headers, body|
#      data = YAML.load(body)
#      puts "ID: #{data[:id]}"
#    end
#  end



#### 0.6.0 (2009-03-15) ###############################

http://github.com/solutious/stella/tree/0.6

* COMPLETE REWRITE!
  * The commands and API from 0.5.x are no longer supported. This ain't your grandmother's Stella.
* NEW: Tests are now defined using a DSL. See tryouts/dsl_tryout.rb for an example. 
* NEW: Tests are run with Ruby directly: ruby testplan.rb (for now)


#### 0.5.6 (2009-02-04) ###############################

* API Change: watch is replaced by pcap and proxy. 
  * "stella watch -C" is now "stella pcap"
  * "stella watch -P" is now "stella proxy"
* Fixed body printing bug for stella -v watch -C
* Added adapter tests 
* Improved RDocs


#### 0.5.5 (2009-01-14) ###############################

http://github.com/solutious/stella/tree/stella-0.5.5

* Now has specs (33 specifications, 303 requirements)
* New dependency: test-spec (development copy only)
* Added delano/drydock to vendor (was delano/frylock). 
* Improved argument handling for load tool adapters (httperf not complete)
* Re-built Stella::Storable and subclasses (now using "field" method)
* Test::Stats, Test::Run::Summary cleanup
* Fixed RubyGems require error
* Fixed stddev bug by removing weak math, adding stats class from Mongrel
* Fixed --agent error


#### 0.5.4-alpha (2009-01-07) #########################

http://github.com/solutious/stella/tree/stella-0.5.4-alpha

* New command: watch. Monitor HTTP traffic with Ruby-Pcap (unix only) or proxy. Pcap also supports DNS sniffing.
* Improved error handling for stats output
* Now runs on Ruby 1.9.1, JRuby
* Added Windows support for most features
* Added patch for Ruby-Pcap
* Added friendly error handling for Apache Bench, Siege, and Httperf


#### 0.5.3-preview (2008-12-23) #######################

http://github.com/solutious/stella/tree/e4d2bd8db3d1323fbc3b8bbb7f703ce7b8c88551

* Initial public release