README.txt

Shoulda

    by Tammer Saleh, Thoughtbot, Inc.
    http://thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda

DESCRIPTION:

The Shoulda gem makes it easy to write elegant, understandable, and maintainable tests. Shoulda consists of test macros, assertions, and helpers added on to the Test::Unit framework. It‘s fully compatible with your existing tests, and requires no retooling to use. Should also comes with a complimentary Rails plugin, available here - thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

• wrap your tests in nested context blocks to keep them readable and dry
• write test names in english, not with_a_bunch_of_underscores
• fully compatible with your existing Test::Unit tests
• makes writing test macros simple as pie

SYNOPSIS:

  class UserTest << Test::Unit
    context "A User instance" do
      setup do
        @user = User.find(:first)
      end

      should "return its full name" do
        assert_equal 'John Doe', @user.full_name
      end

      context "with a profile" do
        setup do
          @user.profile = Profile.find(:first)
        end

        should "return true when sent #has_profile?" do
          assert @user.has_profile?
        end
      end
    end
  end

REQUIREMENTS:

• Test::Unit

INSTALL:

• sudo gem install shoulda

LICENSE:

Copyright (c) 2007 Tammer Saleh, Thoughtbot, Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the ‘Software’), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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