On 2 Oct 2008, at 23:24, Keith Hodges wrote:
Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
Thanks
I will have a look. I do not really understand what is written, this
is too cryptic.
Does the framework changes remove the fact that tests should start
with test?
Stef
Yes, although the default behaviour is preserved, TestCase subclasses
can publish their own test suites with whatever behaviour they wish.
BTW: the framework has changed somewhat since that documentation was
written.
For example in SSpec "specs" start with spec*
the goal is to enable TestRunner to be used as a runner for SSpec as
well as SUnit, if I ever get around to it.
In the latest version of the SSpec runner that we use (which is also
the latest in Squeaksource iirc, as John here made the most recent
changes) specs can be whatever format you want, but the spec method(s)
must be in the method category "specs" in order to run.
Generally specs (ie BDD) are of the format "shouldDoBlahBlah" so that
they read in a BDD manner when they report problems.
In practice this means It parses the camel case in the output message,
so for example: if the spec class is AddTwoNumbersSpec then you'd get
something like "Add two numbers spec should get negative number for
negative arguments". This sentence is English, and is relatively easy
to parse and understand what the desired behaviour is.
So: using "should" as a prefix makes sense to me, and I like the use
of the method categorisation to define what runs as a spec: it makes
it easy to turn some specs on and off within a spec class without
having to do method renames, which is generally more hassle (changing
a method category is a drag and drop operation).
My €0.02 as usual.
S
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