From: Erik Hollensbe <erik@...>
Date: 2006-03-29T08:28:41+09:00
Subject: Re: using unit test

On 2006-03-23 17:38:03 -0800, Tim Hunter <cyclists@nc.rr.com> said:

> rtilley 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.
>> 
>> Brad
> 
> Put the tests in a separate directory alongside the code. Chapter 12 of 
> the Pickaxe includes some "best practices" for unit testing Ruby with 
> Test::Unit.

I have a patch which fixes the test functionality in Minero Aoki's 
setup.rb, which lets you create a test/ directory and run:

ruby setup.rb test

and it will execute all the tests in the test/ directory.

Please email privately if you want the patch (I've already submitted it 
and recieved no response).