Do we need any more test frameworks?

A talk I gave at LRUG in 2011, about the plethora of testing frameworks in Ruby, and the urge to write my own

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1. you
   an
   existing
   library
   (the horse is
   probably your ego)
   

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2. you your
   ideal
   library
   

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3. language ✘
   app framework ✘
   test framework ✔
   

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4. test/unit
   rspec
   cucumber
   

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5. before / setup
   test ...
   should ...
   it ...
   after / teardown
   

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6. blah = Hubris.new do
   before do
   @x = 1
   end
   it “works” do
   raise unless 1 == @x
   end
   after do
   @x = nil
   end
   end
   blah.run
   

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7. class Hubris
   def initialize(&block)
   instance_eval(&block)
   end
   def before(&block)
   @before = block
   end
   def it(name, &block)
   @test = block
   end
   # etc ...
   def run
   instance_eval(&@before)
   instance_eval(&@test)
   instance_eval(&@after)
   end
   end
   stash
   evaluate
   evaluate
   

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8. before / setup
   test ...
   should ...
   it ...
   after / teardown
   @f = File.new
   @f.unlink
   @f.read
   

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9. subcontexts:
   parent & child
   def run_befores
   @parent.run_befores if @parent
   instance_eval(&@before)
   end
   def run
   run_befores
   instance_eval(&@test)
   # etc ...
   end
   

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10. Hubris.new do
    def some_method
    @x = 1
    end
    it “works” do
    raise unless 1 == some_method
    end
    end
    where does this
    method live?
    

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11. all of this has
    happened before;
    and it will all
    happen again.
    

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13. AXIS OF
    WTF
    

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14. it’s probably OK.
    

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15. except maybe it’s
    not OK?
    

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16. maybe don’t write
    anything.
    

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17. maybe become a
    contributer.
    

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18. open source
    responsibility.
    

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19. give some context.
    

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20. kill-ish your darlings.
    bit.ly/rubytesting
    

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