undees-bacon

= Bacon -- small RSpec clone.

"Truth will sooner come out from error than from confusion." ---Francis Bacon

Bacon is a small RSpec clone weighing less than 350 LoC but nevertheless providing all essential features.

== Whirl-wind tour

require 'bacon'

describe 'A new array' do
  before do
    @ary = Array.new
  end
  
  it 'should be empty' do
    @ary.should.be.empty
    @ary.should.not.include 1
  end

  it 'should have zero size' do
    @ary.size.should.equal 0
    @ary.size.should.be.close 0.1, 0.5
  end

  it 'should raise on trying fetch any index' do
    lambda { @ary.fetch 0 }.
      should.raise(IndexError).
      message.should.match(/out of array/)

    # Alternatively:
    should.raise(IndexError) { @ary.fetch 0 }
  end

  it 'should have an object identity' do
    @ary.should.not.be.same_as Array.new
  end

  # Custom assertions are trivial to do, they are lambdas returning a
  # boolean vale:
  palindrome = lambda { |obj| obj == obj.reverse }
  it 'should be a palindrome' do
    @ary.should.be.a palindrome
  end

  it 'should have super powers' do
    should.flunk "no super powers found"
  end
end

Now run it:

$ bacon whirlwind.rb
A new array
- should be empty
- should have zero size
- should raise on trying fetch any index
- should have an object identity
- should be a palindrome
- should have super powers [FAILED]

Bacon::Error: no super powers found
	./whirlwind.rb:39: A new array - should have super powers
	./whirlwind.rb:38
	./whirlwind.rb:3

6 specifications (9 requirements), 1 failures, 0 errors

If you want shorter output, use the Test::Unit format:

$ bacon -q whirlwind.rb
.....F
Bacon::Error: no super powers found
	./whirlwind.rb:39: A new array - should have super powers
	./whirlwind.rb:38
	./whirlwind.rb:3

6 tests, 9 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

It also supports TAP:

$ bacon -p whirlwind.rb
ok 1        - should be empty
ok 2        - should have zero size
ok 3        - should raise on trying fetch any index
ok 4        - should have an object identity
ok 5        - should be a palindrome
not ok 6    - should have super powers: FAILED
# Bacon::Error: no super powers found
# 	./whirlwind.rb:39: A new array - should have super powers
# 	./whirlwind.rb:38
# 	./whirlwind.rb:3
1..6
# 6 tests, 9 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

$ bacon -p whirlwind.rb | taptap -q
Tests took 0.00 seconds.
FAILED tests 6
   6) should have super powers: FAILED

Failed 1/6 tests, 83.33% okay.

(taptap is available from http://chneukirchen.org/repos/taptap/)

As of Bacon 1.1, it also supports Knock:

$ bacon -k whirlwind.rb
ok - should be empty
ok - should have zero size
ok - should raise on trying fetch any index
ok - should have an object identity
ok - should be a palindrome
not ok - should have super powers: FAILED
# Bacon::Error: no super powers found
# 	./whirlwind.rb:39: A new array - should have super powers
# 	./whirlwind.rb:38
# 	./whirlwind.rb:3

$ bacon -k whirlwind.rb | kn-sum
6 tests, 1 failed (83.3333% succeeded)

(knock is available from http://github.com/chneukirchen/knock/)

== Implemented assertions

• should. and should.be.
• should.equal
• should.match
• should.be.identical_to / should.be.same_as
• should.raise(*exceptions) { }
• should.change { }
• should.throw(symbol) { }
• should.satisfy { |object| }

== Added core predicates

• Object#true?
• Object#false?
• Proc#change?
• Proc#raise?
• Proc#throw?
• Numeric#close?

== before/after

before and after need to be defined before the first specification in a context and are run before and after each specification.

As of Bacon 1.1, before and after do nest in nested contexts.

== Shared contexts

You can define shared contexts in Bacon like this:

shared "an empty container" do
  it "should have size zero" do
  end

  it "should be empty" do
  end
end

context "A new array" do
  behaves_like "an empty container"
end

These contexts are not executed on their own, but can be included with behaves_like in other contexts. You can use shared contexts to structure suites with many recurring specifications.

== Matchers

Custom matchers are simply lambdas returning a boolean value, for example:

def shorter_than(max_size) lambda { |obj| obj.size < max_size } end

[1,2,3].should.be shorter_than(5)

You can use modules and extend to group matchers for use in multiple contexts.

== bacon standalone runner

-s, --specdox do AgileDox-like output (default) -q, --quiet do Test::Unit-like non-verbose output -p, --tap do TAP (Test Anything Protocol) output -k, --knock do Knock output -o, --output FORMAT do FORMAT (SpecDox/TestUnit/Tap) output -Q, --no-backtrace don't print backtraces
-a, --automatic gather tests from ./test/, include ./lib/ -n, --name NAME runs tests matching regexp NAME -t, --testcase TESTCASE runs tests in TestCases matching regexp TESTCASE

If you don't want to use the standalone runner, run Bacon.summary_on_exit to install an exit handler showing the summary.

== Object#should

You can use Object#should outside of contexts, where the result of assertion will be returned as a boolean. This is nice for demonstrations, quick checks and doctest tests.

>> require 'bacon'
>> (1 + 1).should.equal 2
=> true
>> (6*9).should.equal 42
=> false

== Bacon with autotest

Since version 1.0, there is autotest support. You need to tag your test directories (test/ or spec/) by creating an .bacon file there. Autotest then will find it. bin/bacon needs to be in PATH or RUBYPATH.

== Converting specs

spec-converter is a simple tool to convert test-unit or dust style tests to test/spec specs.

It can be found at http://opensource.thinkrelevance.com/wiki/spec_converter.

== Thanks to

• Michael Fellinger, for fixing Bacon for 1.9 and various improvements.
• Gabriele Renzi, for implementing Context#should.
• James Tucker, for the autotest support.
• Yossef Mendelssohn, for nested contexts.
• everyone contributing bug fixes.

== History

• January 7, 2008: First public release 0.9.

• July 6th, 2008: Second public release 1.0.

  • Add Context#should as a shortcut for Context#it('should ' + _).
  • describe now supports multiple arguments for better organization.
  • Empty specifications are now erroneous.
  • after-blocks run in the case of exceptions too.
  • Autotest support.
  • Bug fixes.

• November 30th, 2008: Third public release 1.1.

  • Nested before/after.
  • Add -Q/--no-backtraces to not show details about failed specifications.
  • Add Knock output.
  • Bug fixes.

== Contact

Please mail bugs, suggestions and patches to mailto:[e-mail].

Git repository (patches rebased on HEAD are most welcome): http://github.com/chneukirchen/bacon git://github.com/chneukirchen/bacon.git

== Copying

Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Christian Neukirchen <purl.org/net/chneukirchen>

Bacon is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license. See COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

== Links

Behavior-Driven Development:: http://behaviour-driven.org/ RSpec:: http://rspec.rubyforge.org/ test/spec:: http://test-spec.rubyforge.org/

Christian Neukirchen:: http://chneukirchen.org/