# Visual Test Automation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 26, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705 "2009-07-26T08:07:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705/1 "2009-07-26T08:07:58Z")

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OK, I guess I just don’t kow to find it, but I’m looking for something  
that automates the running of Ruby Test::Unit tests and generates one of  
those “red bar / green bar” displays.

I see a billion “automet the browser with javscript” deals, but that’s  
not what I am looking for. I just want some process on some machine to  
run tests and provide a nig simple display of each test, each assertion  
and whether it passed or failed.

I wrote one of these myself for Lasso a couple years ago, but I’m  
struggling to find one for Ruby.

Help. Thx.

– gw

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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705/2 "2009-07-26T10:57:19Z")

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On Jul 25, 2009, at 23:08 , Greg W. wrote:

> OK, I guess I just don’t kow to find it, but I’m looking for something  
> that automates the running of Ruby Test::Unit tests and generates  
> one of  
> those “red bar / green bar” displays.
> 
> I see a billion “automet the browser with javscript” deals, but that’s  
> not what I am looking for. I just want some process on some machine to  
> run tests and provide a nig simple display of each test, each  
> assertion  
> and whether it passed or failed.

I don’t _use_ any of these, but I think you want to experiment with  
the runner stuff in test/unit. tk ships with ruby so it prolly works  
as-is. Check it:

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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705/3 "2009-08-05T03:19:27Z")

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On Jul 26, 2:08 am, Greg W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> struggling to find one for Ruby.  
> Perhaps “Turn” is what you are looking for.

sudo gem install turn

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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705/4 "2009-08-05T05:31:10Z")

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On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:20 AM, glenn gillen[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > I see a billion “automet the browser with javscript” deals, but that’s  
> > not what I am looking for. I just want some process on some machine to  
> > run tests and provide a nig simple display of each test, each assertion  
> > and whether it passed or failed.
> 
> Wouldn’t a continuous integration server with formatted output piped  
> to somewhere give you what you want?

Maybe something like:  
[http://integrityapp.com/](http://integrityapp.com/)

(It’s on my to-look-at-list, but I haven’t tried it yet myself.)

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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visual-test-automation/172705/5 "2009-07-27T09:20:32Z")

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> I see a billion “automet the browser with javscript” deals, but that’s  
> not what I am looking for. I just want some process on some machine to  
> run tests and provide a nig simple display of each test, each assertion  
> and whether it passed or failed.

Wouldn’t a continuous integration server with formatted output piped  
to somewhere give you what you want?