Test::Unit

Test::Unit is a unit testing framework for Ruby.

Backward compatibility

Test::Unit 1.2.3 is the same version as bundled in Ruby 1.8.

test-unit 1.2.3 reference manual

Instal:

% sudo gem install test-unit -v 1.2.3

Usage:

require "rubygems"
gem "test-unit", "1.2.3"
require "test/unit"

Feature split

Test::Unit splits some packages by feature. e.g. GTK+ test runner is a different package.

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-runner-gtk2

Usage:

require "test/unit/runner/gtk2"

You can use --runner=gtk2 option to use GTK+ test runner.

Here are test-unit related packages.

test-unit

This package provides core feature.

test-unit: The latest release

2.2.0 is the latest release. It had been released at 2011-02-14.

test-unit: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit

Usage:

gem "test-unit"
require "test/unit"

test-unit-full

This is a meta package to use all extension packages described in the below.

test-unit-full: The latest release

0.0.3 is the latest release. It had been released at 2011-02-09.

test-unit-full: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-full

Usage:

require "test/unit/full"

test-unit-notify

This package provides a test notifier.

X Window System based eivornment such ad GNOME, Xfce, KDE and so on

"notify-send" command is used for notifying test result.

Mac OS X

"growlnotify" command is used for notifying test result.

Windows

How? Growl for Windows? (not implemented)

test-unit-notify: The latest release

0.2.1 is the latest release. It had been released at 2011-02-10.

test-unit-notify: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-notify

Usage:

require "test/unit/notify"

You can use --notify option to notify test result by popup at the end.

test-unit-rr

This package provides a RR, a test dobule library, adapter for test-unit 2.

test-unit-rr: The latest release

1.0.1 is the latest release. It had been released at 2011-02-10.

test-unit-rr: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-rr

Usage:

require "test/unit/rr"

test-unit-runner-gtk2

This package provides a GTK+ based test runner.

test-unit-runner-gtk2: The latest release

0.0.2 is the latest release. It had been released at 2011-02-09.

test-unit-runner-gtk2: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-runner-gtk2

Usage:

require "test/unit/runner/gtk2"

You can use --runner=gtk2 to run tests with GTK+ based test runner.

test-unit-runner-tk

This package provides a Tk based test runner.

test-unit-runner-tk: The latest release

0.0.1 is the latest release. It had been released at 2008-06-17.

test-unit-runner-tk: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-runner-tk

Usage:

require "test/unit/runner/tk"

You can use --runner=tk to run tests with Tk based test runner.

test-unit-runner-fox

This package provides a FOX Toolkit based test runner.

test-unit-runner-fox: The latest release

0.0.1 is the latest release. It had been released at 2008-06-17.

test-unit-runner-fox: Install

Install:

% sudo gem install test-unit-runner-fox

Usage:

require "test/unit/runner/fox"

You can use --runner=fox to run tests with Fox toolkit based test runner.

For developers

Test::Unit welcome to your contributions.

Repositories

Test::Unit uses Subverseion repository on RubyForge. Here are a list to checkout each package.

test-unit

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk test-unit

test-unit-full

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/extensions/test-unit-full/trunk test-unit-full

test-unit-notify

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/extensions/test-unit-notify/trunk test-unit-notify

test-unit-rr

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/extensions/test-unit-rr/trunk test-unit-rr

test-unit-runner-gtk2

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/extensions/test-unit-runner-gtk2/trunk test-unit-runner-gtk2

test-unit-runner-tk

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/extensions/test-unit-runner-tk/trunk test-unit-runner-tk

test-unit-runner-fox

% svn co http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/extensions/test-unit-runner-fox/trunk test-unit-runner-fox