rbiphonetest - Unit Test iPhone apps with Ruby

• rbiphonetest.rubyforge.org

DESCRIPTION:

Want to write iPhone apps with unit tests? Want to write them in Ruby?

• Blog introduction: drnicwilliams.com/2008/07/04/unit-testing-iphone-apps-with-ruby-rbiphonetest/
• Video introduction: www.vimeo.com/1262916
• Google Group: groups.google.com/group/rbiphonetest
• Bugs/Features: drnic.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13763-rbiphonetest

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

• Installs a Ruby-based unit testing framework into an iPhone/Objective-C/Xcode project
• Provides generators to create Objective-C classes with associated Ruby tests
• Uses RubyCocoa to bridge between Ruby tests and Objective-C via Loadable Bundles

Known issues:

• Currently only test/unit tests created; rspec etc coming soon
• Currently only supports Foundation framework, since its common between OS X and iPhone
• The plan is to mock out all the UIKit.framework classes so they can exist in RubyCocoa land.
• MacRuby (instead of RubyCocoa) is not yet tested

SYNOPSIS:

• Create a new iPhone project using Xcode templates
• Open the terminal
• Change to project folder
• `rbiphonetest .`

This adds the test framework, a Rakefile, and an `autotest` config file.

You can now create testable Objective-C models/classes using the generator:

        $ script/generate model WidgetMaker
                  create  Classes/WidgetMaker.h
                  create  Classes/WidgetMaker.m
                  create  test/test_widget_maker.rb

To run tests you have several options:

1. `rake` or `rake test`
2. `autotest` (after installing the ZenTest gem)

All options will re-build the Objective-C code (if necessary) before running the tests.

If using autotest, your tests will be re-run if the test files or the Objective-C files are modified.

REQUIREMENTS:

• RubyCocoa (installed on OS X Leopard; latest version at rubycocoa.com)
• XCode 3.1 (containing the iPhone SDK)

INSTALL:

        sudo gem install rbiphonetest

From source:

        git clone git://github.com/drnic/rbiphonetest.git
        cd rbiphonetest
        rake install_gem

LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2008 Dr Nic Williams

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