BDDGen

Generate all the boilerplate for using Cucumber and RSpec in a new ruby project.

Keep in mind this is intended for plain vanilla ruby projects. If you're writing a rails app or something, there are probably generators better suited for the job.

Also keep in mind: This is so alpha. Use at your own risk. Until at least version 1, you can't use the excuse "bddgen ate my homework!" because I am warning you right now that might happen.

Installation

The usual:

$ gem install bddgen

Usage

In your project's root directory...

Cucumber

$ bddgen cucumber

This will create a features directory with all the files you need to hit the ground running, add the cucumber gem to your Gemfile, and set up your Rakefile with the following tasks:

rake features         # Run Cucumber features
rake features:pretty  # Run Cucumber features with output in pretty format
rake features:wip     # Run @wip (Work In Progress) Cucumber features

If you don't already have a Gemfile or Rakefile, one will be created.

Rspec

$ bddgen rspec

This will create a spec directory with a spec_helper.rb, add the rspec gem to your Gemfile, and set up your Rakefile with the following tasks:

rake spec             # Run specs
rake spec:doc         # Run specs with output in documentation format

If you don't already have a Gemfile or Rakefile, one will be created.

For added convenience, you can also set up yard:

$ bddgen yard

This will add doc/* and .yardoc to your .gitignore, add the yard gem to your Gemfile, and set up a yard rake task.

If you don't already have a Gemfile, Rakefile, or .gitignore, one will be created.

From scratch:

Build an entirely new project from scratch with:

$ bddgen project name

Where name is the name of your new project. This will set up a new directory with that name containing a lib directory skeleton, a .gitignore, Gemfile, Rakefile, CHANGELOG, and a README.markdown.

You can pass options to generate the project with the boilerplate from the other tasks:

$ bddgen project name --cucumber --rspec --yard

This would basically be the same as:

$ bddgen project name
$ cd name
$ bddgen cucumber
$ bddgen rspec
$ bddgen yard