David Chelimsky

clarity over DRY

describe SomeModule do
  ...
end

describe CatLikeBehaviour do
  it "should say 'meow' when it greets you" do
    say_hello.should == 'meow'
  end
end

module CatLikeBehaviour do
  def say_hello
    'meow'
  end
end

describe DateHelper do
  it "should format the date as mm/dd/yyyy" do
    helper.format_date(Date.new(2008, 5, 31)).should == '05/31/2008'
  end
end

describe DateHelper do
  include DateHelper
  it "should format the date as mm/dd/yyyy" do
    format_date(Date.new(2008, 5, 31)).should == '05/31/2008'
  end
end

account.should_receive(:deposit).with({:amount => 37.42, :date => anything()})

account.should_receive(:deposit).with(hash_including(:amount => 37.42))

spec spec/models/animal_spec.rb --heckle Animal

Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
  unless ARGV.empty?
    at.find_directories = ARGV.dup
  end
end

autotest app/models spec/models

autotest models

Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
  unless ARGV.empty?
    at.find_directories = ["spec/#{ARGV.first}","app/#{ARGV.first}"]
  end
end

Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
  unless ARGV.empty?
    at.find_directories = ARGV.length == 1 ? ["spec/#{ARGV.first}","app/#{ARGV.first}"] : ARGV.dup
  end
end

"spec/**/*_spec.rb".

--pattern "spec/**/*.rb" 

--pattern "spec/**/*_example.rb" 

--pattern "spec/**/*_example.rb, spec/**/*_spec.rb" 

Autotest
AutotestSubClass
~/.autotest
./.autotest

clear_mappings()
add_mapping(regexp, proc)
remove_mapping(regexp)

clear_exceptions()
add_exception(string)
remove_exception(string)

Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
  at.add_mapping(%r%^plugins/acts_as_currency/lib/.*\.rb$%) {
    at.files_matching %r%^spec/models/product_spec\.rb$% +
    at.files_matching %r%^plugins/acts_as_currency/spec/.*_spec\.rb$%
  }
end

Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
  %w{.svn .hg .git}.each {|exception|at.add_exception(exception)}
end

describe RubyDeveloper do

  before(:each) do
    @ruby_developer = RubyDeveloper.new
  end

  describe "using RSpec 1.1.0" do

    before(:each) do
      @ruby_developer.use_rspec('1.1.0')
    end

    it "should be able to nest example groups" do
      @ruby_developer.should be_able_to_nest_example_groups
    end

  end

  describe "using RSpec 1.0.1" do

    before(:each) do
      @ruby_developer.use_rspec('1.0.8')
    end

    it "should not be able to nest example groups" do
      @ruby_developer.should_not be_able_to_nest_example_groups
    end

  end

end

RubyDeveloper using RSpec 1.1.0
- should be able to nest example groups

RubyDeveloper using RSpec 1.0.8
- should not be able to nest example groups

gem install rails
rails myapp
ruby script/plugin install http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/REL_1_1_0/rspec
ruby script/plugin install http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/REL_1_1_0/rspec_on_rails
script/generate rspec

require 'test/unit'

class TransitionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_should_be_smooth
    transition = Transition.new(
      :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
      :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup" 
    )
    assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
  end
end

require 'test/unit'
require 'spec'

class TransitionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_should_be_smooth
    transition = Transition.new(
      :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
      :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup" 
    )
    assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
  end
end

require 'test/unit'
require 'spec'

describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
  def test_should_be_smooth
    transition = Transition.new(
      :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
      :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup" 
    )
    assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
  end
end

require 'test/unit'
require 'spec'

describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
  it "should be smooth" do
    transition = Transition.new(
      :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
      :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup" 
    )
    assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
  end
end

require 'test/unit'
require 'spec'

describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
  it "should be smooth" do
    transition = Transition.new(
      :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
      :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup")
    transition.in_practice.should == "really smooth" 
  end
end

require 'spec'

describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
  it "should be smooth" do
    transition = Transition.new(
      :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
      :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup" 
    )
    transition.in_practice.should == "really smooth" 
  end
end

describe RSpec do
  before(:each) do
    @rspec = RSpec.new
  end

  describe "at release 1.0.8" do
    before(:each) do
      @rspec.version = "1.0.8" 
    end

    it "should not support nested example groups" do
      @rspec.should_not support_nested_example_groups
    end
  end

  describe "at release 1.1.0" do
    before(:each) do
      @rspec.version = "1.1.0" 
    end

    it "should support nested example groups" do
      @rspec.should support_nested_example_groups
    end
  end
end

RSpec at release 1.0.8
- should not support nested example groups

RSpec at release 1.1.0
- should support nested example groups

RSpec version	ZenTest version
<= 1.1.1	<= 3.7.x
1.1.2	3.8.x
1.1.3	3.9.x

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