shindo¶ ↑

Simple depth first ruby testing, watch and learn.

Writing tests¶ ↑

Tests group similar assertions, but their return value is ignored.

After that you just test based on the two things a ruby thing should do, raise or return.

Returns takes what you expect and checks a block to see if the return value matches:

Shindo.tests do
  returns(true) { true }
  returns(false) { false }
end

Raises takes what error you expect and checks to see if the block will raise it:

Shindo.tests do
  raises(StandardError) { raise StandardError.new }
end

For one off simple tests like this you can also chain the calls like this:

Shindo.tests('raises').raises(StandardError) { raise StandardError.new }

You can also override the default descriptions:

Shindo.tests('example/bar') do
  returns('default description', 'overriding description: non-default description') { 'default description' }
  raises(StandardError, 'overriding description: raises when true') { raise StandardError if true }
end

Or nest things inside tests blocks:

Shindo.tests do
  tests('examples') do
    returns(true, 'returns true description') { true }
    returns(false, 'returns false description') { false }
    raises(StandardError, 'raises StandardError description') { raise StandardError }
  end
end

Then, if you want to get extra fancy you can tag tests, to help narrow down which ones to run

Shindo.tests('tests for true', 'true') do
  test(true) { true }
end

Shindo.tests('tests for false', 'false') do
  test(false) { false }
end

Note: you’ll have to supply a non-default description first, and then follow up with tags.

Setup and Teardown¶ ↑

Tests get evaluated in the file just like you see it so you can add setup and teardown easily:

Shindo.tests do
  bool = true # setup
  tests('bool').returns(true) { bool }

  bool = false # cleanup after last
  tests('bool').returns(false) { bool }

  foo = nil # teardown
end

That can get pretty tedious if it needs to happen before or after every single test though, so there are helpers:

Shindo.tests do
  before do
    @object = Object.new
  end

  after do
    @object = nil
  end

  tests('@object.class').returns(Object) { @object.class }
end

Running tests¶ ↑

Run tests with the shindo command, the easiest is to specify a file name:

shindo something_tests.rb

You can also give directories and it will run all files ending in _tests.rb and include all files ending in _helper.rb (recurses through subdirectories)

shindo some_test_directory

That leaves tags, which use +/-. So run just tests with the ‘true’ tag:

shindo some_test_directory +true

Or those without the ‘false’ tag:

shindo some_test_directory -false

Or combine to run everything with a ‘true’ tag, but no ‘false’ tag

shindo some_test_directory +true -false

If you are running in a non-interactive mode, or one where speed matters (i.e. continuous integration), you can run shindo with (n)o (t)race and much quieter output. It takes all the same arguments, but uses the shindont bin file.

shindont something_tests.rb

Command line tools¶ ↑

When tests fail you’ll get lots of options to help you debug the problem, just enter ‘?’ at the prompt to see your options.

Copyright¶ ↑

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