Spock (testing framework)

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| name = Spock

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| author = Peter Niederwieser, Luke Daley

| developer = Leonard Brünings, Spockframework organization

| latest release version = 2.3

| latest release date = {{release date and age|2022|09|29}}{{Cite web |title=Release Notes |url=https://spockframework.org/spock/docs/2.3/release_notes.html |access-date=September 3, 2023 |website=spockframework.org}}

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| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/spockframework/spock}}

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| genre = Test framework

| license = Apache 2.0

| website = {{URL|spockframework.org}}

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Spock is a Java testing framework capable of handling the complete life cycle of a computer program.{{Cite book |last=Kapelonis |first=Konstantinos |title=Java Testing with Spock |date=27 March 2016 |publisher=Manning Publications |isbn=9781617292538}} It was initially created in 2008 by Peter Niederwieser, a software engineer with GradleWare. A second Spock committer is Luke Daley (also with Gradleware), the creator of the popular Geb functional testing framework.