[ANN] (testing/bdd) Speccify, the lightweight option

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Hi!
I’m proud to release
Speccify, the lightweight option.

Please TRY IT OUT!

Website: http://speccify.rubyforge.org

  1. Get it:
    $ sudo gem install speccify

  2. Use it:
    require ‘rubygems’
    require ‘speccify’

GO

  1. Love it:
    Speccify is a complete Testing/BDD Framework that
    provides everything that actually matters.

Features:

  • Nested Contexts
  • Custom matchers are no-brainers with def_matcher()
  • Fast
  • 100% Ruby 1.9 and 1.8 compatible
  • Rails out of the box!
  • Sophisticated Expectations/Matchers System
  • < 300 LOC (sans rdoc)
  • Near Future: Rails Generators, TM-Bundle

Speccify has no dependencies outside standard ruby, iterops with
test/unit and minitest without issues and generally behaves like
a good citizen.

Speccify has a strong opinion of what actually not matters:

  • /spec directory instead of /test
  • whatever_spec.rb instead of whatever_test.rb
  • custom formatters
  • custom runners
  • html output or any special formatted output
  • special commandline tools
  • shared example groups
  • pending examples
  • before_all, after_all, before_suite, after_suite

Some Examples:

  1. Plain:

test_object.rb

   require "rubygems"
   require "speccify"

   describe Object do
     before do
       @obj = Object.new
     end

     it "is not nil" do
       @obj.should_not be_nil
     end

     it "can be frozen" do
       @obj.freeze
       @obj.should be_frozen
     end
   end
  1. Rails ActionMailer Test:

describe MyMailer, :type => ActionMailer::TestCase do

before do
@expected.subject = ‘MyMailer#confirm’
@expected.body = read_fixture(‘confirm’)
@expected.date = Time.now
end

it “sends confirm mail” do
MyMailer.create_confirm(@expected.date).encoded.should
eql(@expected.encoded)
end

describe “nested context” do
it “still sends confirm mail” do
MyMailer.create_confirm(@expected.date).encoded.should
eql(@expected.encoded)
end
end
end

  1. Rails Performance Test:

require ‘performance_test_help’

describe “Browsing”, :type => ActionController::PerformanceTest do
it “get homepage” do
get ‘/’
end
end

  1. Create a custom Matcher:

def_matcher :be_smart do |given, matcher, args|
!given.dumb?
end
obj.should be_smart

passes if obj.dumb? # => false

You can create the most sophisticated matchers with def_matcher().
Method chaining like with rspecs change matcher:
lambda {do_something}.should change {something}.from(undone).to(done)
is really not a big deal with speccify. (See:
http://speccify.rubyforge.org/matchers.html)

Browse the site: http://speccify.rubyforge.org ,
skim the docs: http://speccify.rubyforge.org/doc/index.html
and feel free mail me with any questions or whatever:
mailto:[email protected]

Thanks
Matthias