From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-11-09T05:13:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Extending ruby with mixed C/ruby classes?

In article <20021108141113.F1652@atdesk.com>,
Paul Brannan  <pbrannan@atdesk.com> wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 03:33:37AM +0900, Eric Schwartz wrote:
>> I'd like to extend Ruby to directly interface with STAF
>> (http://staf.sf.net/), which I'm using to actually execute my tests,
>> and report on their status.  STAF has a C API, and I think I
>> understand how to wrap it with Ruby, but I have a few questions on
>> that.
>
>I've never heard of STAF until now, but it looks intriguing.  What would
>STAF give you that Test::Unit would not?

Test::Unit is good for, well, unit tests.  Whereas STAF and tools like it 
are intended primarily for acceptance testing.  STAF also takes care of 
distributing testcases to multiple machines.


Phil