From: nathaniel@...
Date: 2002-02-26T12:16:12+09:00
Subject: [ANN] TestUnit 0.1.3

From the README:

Unit testing is making waves all over the place, largely due to the fact
that it is a core practice of XP. While XP is great, unit testing has
been around for a long time and has always been a good idea. One of the
keys to good unit testing, though, is not just writing tests, but having
tests. What's the difference? Well, if you just _write_ a test and throw
it away, you have no guarantee that something won't change later which
breaks your code. If, on the other hand, you _have_ tests (obviously you
have to write them first), and run them as often as possible, you slowly
build up a wall of things that cannot break without you immediately
knowing about it. This is when unit testing hits its peak usefulness.

Enter Test::Unit, a framework for unit testing in Ruby, helping you to
design, debug and evaluate your code by making it easy to write and have
tests for it.


This version includes some fixes to the RubyUnit compatibility layer
(thanks to Matt Armstrong for identifying them). It also includes the
patch posted by Dave Thomas in [ruby-talk:34743] for selecting tests to
run on the commandline (with a few slight modifications). There are few
other miscellaneous changes; feel free to read about them out in the
ChangeLog.

Grab the fun at http://testunit.talbott.ws/.

Happy testing,


Nathaniel

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