On Dec 13, 2007 9:58 PM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The RSpec Development Team is pleased as glug (that's kind of like
> punch, but more festive) to announce RSpec-1.1.0.
>
> Thanks to all who have contributed patches over the last few months.
> Big thanks to Dan North and Brian Takita for their important work on
> this release. Dan contributed his rbehave framework which is now the
> Story Runner. Brian patiently did a TON of refactoring around
> interoperability with Test::Unit, and the result is a much cleaner
> RSpec core, and a clean adapter model that gets loaded when Test::Unit
> is on the path.
>
> == RSpec 1.1 brings four significant changes for RSpec users:
>
> * The RSpec Story Runner
> * Nested Example Groups
> * Support for Rails 2.0.1
> * Test::Unit interoperability
>
> == Story Runner
>
> The RSpec Story Runner is Dan North's rbehave framework merged into
> RSpec. The Story Runner is a framework for expressing high level
> requirements in the form of executable User Stories with Scenarios
> that represent Customer Acceptance Tests.
>
> RSpec 1.1 also ships with a Ruby on Rails extension called RailsStory,
> which lets you write executable user stories for your rails apps as
> well.
>
> == Nested Example Groups
>
> Now you can nest groups to organize things a bit better:
>
> describe RubyDeveloper do
>
> before(:each) do
> @ruby_developer = RubyDeveloper.new
> end
>
> describe "using RSpec 1.1.0" do
>
> before(:each) do
> @ruby_developer.use_rspec('1.1.0')
> end
>
> it "should be able to nest example groups" do
> @ruby_developer.should be_able_to_nest_example_groups
> end
>
> end
>
> describe "using RSpec 1.0.1" do
>
> before(:each) do
> @ruby_developer.use_rspec('1.0.8')
> end
>
> it "should not be able to nest example groups" do
> @ruby_developer.should_not be_able_to_nest_example_groups
> end
>
> end
>
> end
>
> Running this outputs:
>
> RubyDeveloper using RSpec 1.1.0
> - should be able to nest example groups
>
> RubyDeveloper using RSpec 1.0.8
> - should not be able to nest example groups
>
> == Support for Rails 2.0.1
>
> gem install rails
> rails myapp
> ruby script/install http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/REL_1_1_0/rspec
> ruby script/install
> http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/REL_1_1_0/rspec_on_rails
> script/generate rspec
>
> == Test::Unit Interoperability
>
> Contrary to popular belief, Spec::Rails, RSpec's Ruby on Rails plugin,
> has been a Test::Unit wrapper since the the 0.7 release in November of
> 2006. RSpec 1.1 ups the ante though, offering a smooth transition from
> Test::Unit to RSpec with or without Rails:
>
> 1. Start with a TestCase:
>
> require 'test/unit'
>
> class TransitionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
> def test_should_be_smooth
> transition = Transition.new(
> :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
> :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup"
> )
> assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
> end
> end
> 2. Require 'spec'
>
> require 'test/unit'
> require 'spec'
>
> class TransitionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
> def test_should_be_smooth
> transition = Transition.new(
> :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
> :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup"
> )
> assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
> end
> end
> 3. Convert TestCase to ExampleGroup
>
> require 'test/unit'
> require 'spec'
>
> describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
> def test_should_be_smooth
> transition = Transition.new(
> :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
> :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup"
> )
> assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
> end
> end
> 4. Convert test methods to examples
>
> require 'test/unit'
> require 'spec'
>
> describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
> it "should be smooth" do
> transition = Transition.new(
> :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
> :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup"
> )
> assert_equal "really smooth", transition.in_practice
> end
> end
> 5. Convert assertions to expectations
>
> require 'test/unit'
> require 'spec'
>
> describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
> it "should be smooth" do
> transition = Transition.new(
> :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
> :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup")
> transition.in_practice.should == "really smooth"
> end
> end
> 6. Un-require test/unit
>
> require 'spec'
>
> describe "transitioning from TestCase to ExampleGroup" do
> it "should be smooth" do
> transition = Transition.new(
> :from => "Test::Unit::TestCase",
> :to => "Spec::ExampleGroup"
> )
> transition.in_practice.should == "really smooth"
> end
> end
> At every one of these steps after step 2, you can run the file with
> the ruby command and you'll be getting RSpec's developer friendly
> output. This means that you can transition things as gradually as you
> like: no wholesale changes.
>
> That's the story. Thanks again to all who contributed and to all who
> continue do so.
>
>
Congratulations!! Very cool.
Pat
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