how to test a ruby class

[doug.baker]

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Hi: I just installed Ruby and have FreeRIDE open. In Ruby, is there a
method comparable to the "main" method in java that will run the class for
testing?
I would like to run my class from the IDE.

Thanks,
Doug

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[Craig Demyanovich]

An alternative to ad-hoc testing in an IDE or via the command line is
using independent, repeatable tests, i.e., unit testing. Mike Clark
has a good, brief introduction to unit tests as learning tests here:
http://www.clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2005/03/18. Also, you can find
the docs for Test::Unit, Ruby's built-in unit testing framework,
here: http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/classes/
Test/Unit.html.

Regards,
Craig

 

[David Vallner]

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My two cents follow: I can't stand the very sight of people making a script=
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class executable for the sake of testing - main() methods and the like are=
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supposed to execute a standalone program, and that's that. If you want to=20
test, then do it properly, create a separate hierarchy of files with unit=20
tests. It's just as easy, if not easier to write, and you don't clutter you=
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business logic with test code.

David Vallner