[MacRuby-devel] Default Test Framework

[Eloy Duran]

Hi,

As we're targeting 1.9 compatibility, the library that will be shipped  
with MacRuby is minitest. Atm however, we still have an older version  
of the stdlib, which means we still ship test-unit.

I myself have put my trust in Bacon, and as far as a "blessing" goes,  
all critical bugs encountered with Bacon have been fixed.

Eloy

On 9 okt 2009, at 07:58, Josh Ballanco wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> So, as I've been working on a recipe for testing with MacRuby, I  
> realized that it would probably be good to discuss the topic of  
> "blessing" a particular test suite. Obviously, with macgem all of  
> the Ruby test suites are available to use, but for the purposes of  
> tutorials and whatnot, having one default that ships with MacRuby  
> would help reduce confusion and at least get people started on the  
> road to testing. Personally, I think whatever ships with MacRuby  
> should ideally be light-weight, extensible, and integrated. In other  
> words, the heavy hitters like Test::Unit, RSpec, and Shoulda are  
> out. That leaves:
>
> -- minitest: The "blessed" test library of Matz Ruby. It's very  
> minimal, but documentation is somewhat lacking. I also couldn't find  
> an easy spot to hook into the API to customize output format. Still,  
> if it's good enough for Matz Ruby...
>
> -- bacon: Small, and output is easily customized. I'm currently  
> looking at what would be required to get bacon's output to play  
> nicer with Xcode. The one unknown (for me, at least) is popularity/ 
> familiarity in the larger Ruby community.
>
> -- OCUnit: This is the Objective C test library that ships with  
> Xcode. We could put a thin wrapper around it, and then not worry  
> about having to ship a separate test library. The major downside to  
> OCUnit is that it's not very "Ruby-ish".
>
> I'm quite enamored with bacon, but I'm worried about the possibility  
> that developers coming from Matz Ruby might start to expect minitest  
> to be included. That might be a remote possibility, though, as it  
> seems like minitest isn't currently that popular. If there are  
> others I missed, or if you disagree with any points, speak up!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Josh
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