I'm looking for an IntelliJ IDEA plugin that would run my tests each time I change my code. I looked for such a solution and I found:
There are lots of ways I could run all my tests (including writing a simple script for this), but I'm looking for a tool that would be smart enough to rerun failed tests first, and that would understand module dependencies (so after a change in some module it would run only tests of dependent modules).
I prefer free options, but if there's something paid for a reasonable price, I would accept it as well.
In your production code in the editor, place the caret at the class for which you want to create a test, press Alt+Enter , and select Create Test. In the Create Test dialog, select the library that you want to use. If you don't have the necessary library yet, you will be prompted to download it. To do that, click Fix.
Answering late for posterity. You can make JUnit tests run in parallel (or serial) to any level of granularity in IntelliJ by changing the Fork mode in the test's run configuration. Be careful not to confuse this with the Allow parallel run option, which lets you start the test execution multiple times within your IDE.
IntelliJ now actually has a Toggle auto-test
in the run dialog. Just run a run-configuration and then select Toggle auto-test
in the run dialog.
It's not as intelligent as you would have hoped. It just reruns when it detects changes.
I know this is a 3-year-old question but I think it will help people who face the similar problem in future. So I found out a way to enable SBT style auto test execution in IntelliJ studio.
We need to do 2 things to enable auto test execution.
File -> Settings -> Build, Execution... -> Compiler
and selecting "Build Project automatically"
.This will start auto testing. Although this works fine, it takes time to build the project even when my project is tiny so for larger projects it will certainly take very long time to complete the build and execute tests.
Reference: Original article which explains these steps
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