# Unit testing with ruby1.9.x **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011 "2009-03-26T22:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011/1 "2009-03-26T22:13:17Z")
Built ruby from a recent svn. Builds fine and works. ruby19jx --version ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-03-18) [i686-linux] Now for some unit testing; gem install ‘test-unit’ --remote run a test on some code; ruby19jx proj/code/rb/projects/virt/vz/test/test\_vz001.rb ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-03-18) [i686-linux] /home/jayeola/ix/lib/ruby19jx/gems/1.9.1/gems/test-unit-2.0.2/lib/test/unit/autorunner.rb:1: warning: loading in progress, circular require considered harmful - /home/j ayeola/ix/lib/ruby19jx/gems/1.9.1/gems/test-unit-2.0.2/lib/test/unit.rb FE the autorunner? Am I to `require unit/test2.x` or something? – John M. 07739 171 531 MSc (DIC) Timezone: GMT ---
**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011/2 "2009-03-26T22:28:00Z")
On Mar 26, 2009, at 14:08, john maclean wrote: > Built ruby from a recent svn. Builds fine and works. > > ruby19jx --version > ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-03-18) [i686-linux] > > Now for some unit testing; > > gem install ‘test-unit’ --remote What’s wrong with minitest that ships with 1.9? ---
**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011/3 "2009-03-26T23:09:38Z")
2009/3/26 Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > What’s wrong with minitest that ships with 1.9? Uh, can you point me to some useful docs? Not come across this module before and I see no obvious docs, (ri or gem server). /me is surprised about this one! – John M. 07739 171 531 MSc (DIC) Timezone: GMT ---
**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011/4 "2009-03-26T23:47:09Z")
On Mar 26, 2009, at 15:05, john maclean wrote: > > > gem install ‘test-unit’ --remote > > > > What’s wrong with minitest that ships with 1.9? > > Uh, can you point me to some useful docs? Not come across this module > before and I see no obvious docs, (ri or gem server). /me is surprised > about this one! It’s just like 1.8’s test unit, but with some changes to the assertions: ## $ ri MiniTest::Assertions -------------------------------------------- Class: MiniTest::Assertions [no description] Instance methods: \_assertions, \_assertions=, assert, assert\_block, assert\_empty, assert\_equal, assert\_in\_delta, assert\_in\_epsilon, assert\_includes, assert\_instance\_of, assert\_kind\_of, assert\_match, assert\_nil, assert\_operator, assert\_raises, assert\_respond\_to, assert\_same, assert\_send, assert\_throws, capture\_io, exception\_details, flunk, message, mu\_pp, pass, refute, refute\_empty, refute\_equal, refute\_in\_delta, refute\_in\_epsilon, refute\_includes, refute\_instance\_of, refute\_kind\_of, refute\_match, refute\_nil, refute\_operator, refute\_respond\_to, refute\_same, skip See also the minitest gem. ---
**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011/5 "2009-03-27T15:23:37Z")
2009/3/27 Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > > discussion in various books which take up Ruby 1.9. The library author has > Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 > \<\< removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid \>\> (email) > \<\< [TomCloyd.com](http://TomCloyd.com) \>\> (website) \<\< [sleightmind.wordpress.com](http://sleightmind.wordpress.com) \>\> (mental health > weblog) > > ```auto > > ``` I think I’m going to stick with test-unit from gems. Couldn’t really follow the ri docs for minitest, although there are a few snippets on the net. gem19jx list test-unit --remote \*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\* test-unit (2.0.2) test-unit-ext (0.5.0) test-unit-full (0.0.1) test-unit-mock (0.30) test-unit-runner-fox (0.0.1) test-unit-runner-gtk2 (0.0.1) – John M. 07739 171 531 MSc (DIC) Timezone: GMT ---
**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-testing-with-ruby1-9-x/164011/6 "2009-03-27T05:07:06Z")
john maclean wrote: > At the risk of stating what is obvious to some and may not be to all, minitest is now the default testing library supplied with 1.9, replacing the previously supplied Test::Unit library. I am informed that there one can easily obtain the same functionality with minitest - but I know essentially nothing about this, and there seems to be no documentation, outside of discussion in various books which take up Ruby 1.9. The library author has said that the code is easy enough to read that that is good documentation. Hope this helps. Tom – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ```