From: nathaniel@...
Date: 2002-12-29T12:22:49+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Test::Unit 0.1.6

If you don't know what Test::Unit is, I've included an explanation
further down. For everyone else, here's info about this release:

ChangeLog:
 * Changed #set_up to #setup in the examples (thanks to Daniel Berger
for finding my omission).
 * !Changed #tear_down to #teardown to make it grammatically (and
visually) consistent with #setup.


Notes:
 * Now that the teardown naming issue has been taken care of, this
version will move in to 1.8 unless I hear about any major problems with
it. Pound away!


Known Issues:
 * Installation is still broken for most OS X users. See ruby-talk:59722
for one possible solution, and the surrounding thread for other thoughts
on the problem.


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.


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

Happy testing,


Nathaniel

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