RSpec

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• rspec-devel@rubyforge.org

DESCRIPTION:

RSpec is a Behaviour Driven Development framework for writing executable code examples.

FEATURES:

• Spec::Example provides a framework for organizing executable code examples
• Spec::Expectations adds #should and #should_not to every object
• Spec::Matchers provides Expression Matchers for use with #should and #should_not
• Spec::Mocks is a full featured mock object/stubbing library

SYNOPSIS:

  describe Account do
    context "transfering money" do
      it "deposits transfer amount to the other account" do
        source = Account.new(50, :USD)
        target = mock('target account')
        target.should_receive(:deposit).with(Money.new(5, :USD))
        source.transfer(5, :USD).to(target)
      end

      it "reduces its balance by the transfer amount" do
        source = Account.new(50, :USD)
        target = stub('target account')
        source.transfer(5, :USD).to(target)
        source.balance.should == Money.new(45, :USD)
      end
    end
  end

  $ spec spec/account_spec.rb --format nested
  Account
    transfering money
      deposits transfer amount to the other account
      reduces its balance by the transfer amount

  2 examples, 0 failures

INSTALL:

  [sudo] gem install rspec

 or

 clone, build, install - See http://wiki.github.com/dchelimsky/rspec