TestBox v3.2.0 Released!

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Luis Majano February 27, 2020

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Luis Majano

February 27, 2020

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We are excited to announce a new minor release of TestBox version 3.2.0. To install just use CommandBox: install testbox --saveDev or to update your TestBox installation update testbox. So let's explore this release

What's New With 3.2.0

Bugs

[TESTBOX-265] - Code coverage doesn't always capture ending parenthesis
[TESTBOX-268] - When the key existed notToHaveKey wasn't failing
[TESTBOX-269] - missing raw_trace in simple.cfm
[TESTBOX-270] - Lowercase cbstreams for case-sensitive file systems

Improvements

[TESTBOX-267] - Moved invoke block from bottom of method into if block for "detect negation" instead of stack overflow errors
[TESTBOX-272] - Add formatting config and scripts

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