From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2006-03-24T10:38:51+09:00
Subject: Re: using unit test

On 3/23/06, rtilley <rtilley@vt.edu> wrote:
> What is the most prevalent way of using unit testing in Ruby? Do I
> require 'test/unit' and add test methods to production scripts and then
> comment the testing portions out when not testing? Or, should I develop
> a 'testing' version of the scripts identical to the production versions?
>
> Thanks for any advice. I've got the concept down... just thinking about
> implementation and actively using tests.

I generally put my tests in a separate tests directory from my code. 
Then I have a 'run_tests.rb' file that runs all the tests.  Here's the
entirety of run_tests.rb:

        Dir["tests/*"].each { |f| require f }

Or, you could somehow use Rake to run the tests, like Rails does.

Joe