Switch to autotest for continuous dev testing

Guard does not work with minitest and spark.

.autotest

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'autotest/fsevent'
+
+class Autotest
+  # run tests over drb server (spork)
+  def make_test_cmd files_to_test
+    if files_to_test.empty?
+      "" # no tests to run
+    else
+      "testdrb #{files_to_test.keys.join(' ')}"
+    end
+  end
+end

Gemfile

@@ -36,13 +36,17 @@ group :test, :develop do
   gem 'cover_me'
   gem 'minitest'
   gem 'mocha', :require => false
-  gem 'spork', "~> 0.9.0"
-  gem 'rb-inotify' if RUBY_PLATFORM.downcase.include?("linux")
-  gem 'rb-fsevent', "~> 0.9.0" if RUBY_PLATFORM.downcase.include?("darwin")
-  gem 'guard', "~> 1.0.1"
-  gem 'guard-spork', "~> 0.5.2"
-  gem 'guard-minitest', "~> 0.5.0"
-  gem 'spork-testunit', "~> 0.0.8"
+
+  # spork and autotest allow you to run tests when you save a file.
+  # run `spork` in one terminal from the project root.
+  # run `bundle exec autotest -cf` in one terminal from the project root.
+  # Then edit test files or app/* or lib/* and watch tests run automatically on save.
+  gem 'spork'   # Spork caches rails so tests run fast.
+  # Run 'bundle exec autotest' to rerun relevant tests whenever a file/test is changed.
+  gem 'autotest-standalone' # The file '.autotest' makes sure the tests are run via test server (spork).
+  gem 'autotest-rails-pure' # -pure gives us autotest without ZenTest gem.
+  gem 'autotest-fsevent'    # react to filesystem events, save your CPU
+  gem 'spork-minitest'
 end
 
 group :production do

Gemfile.lock

@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
     ansi (1.4.2)
     arel (3.0.2)
+    autotest-fsevent (0.2.8)
+      sys-uname
+    autotest-rails-pure (4.1.2)
+    autotest-standalone (4.5.9)
     bcrypt-ruby (3.0.1)
     bson (1.6.4)
     bson_ext (1.6.2)
@@ -110,21 +114,13 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     faraday (0.8.1)
       multipart-post (~> 1.1)
-    ffi (1.0.11)
+    ffi (1.1.5)
     foreman (0.46.0)
       thor (>= 0.13.6)
     google-spreadsheet-ruby (0.1.8)
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.3.1)
       oauth (>= 0.3.6)
       oauth2 (>= 0.5.0)
-    guard (1.0.2)
-      ffi (>= 0.5.0)
-      thor (~> 0.14.6)
-    guard-minitest (0.5.0)
-      guard (>= 0.4)
-    guard-spork (0.5.2)
-      guard (>= 0.10.0)
-      spork (>= 0.8.4)
     hashie (1.2.0)
     hike (1.2.1)
     httpauth (0.1)
@@ -200,7 +196,6 @@ GEM
       rdoc (~> 3.4)
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
     rake (0.9.2.2)
-    rb-fsevent (0.9.1)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
     ref (1.0.0)
@@ -222,15 +217,17 @@ GEM
       actionpack (~> 3.0)
       activemodel (~> 3.0)
     slop (2.4.4)
-    spork (0.9.1)
-    spork-testunit (0.0.8)
-      spork (>= 0.6.0)
+    spork (0.9.2)
+    spork-minitest (0.0.3)
+      spork
     spreadsheet (0.6.8)
       ruby-ole (>= 1.0)
     sprockets (2.1.3)
       hike (~> 1.2)
       rack (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
+    sys-uname (0.9.0)
+      ffi (>= 1.0.0)
     systemu (2.5.2)
     therubyracer (0.11.0beta6)
       ref
@@ -257,6 +254,9 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  autotest-fsevent
+  autotest-rails-pure
+  autotest-standalone
   bson
   bson_ext
   cancan
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise
   factory_girl
   foreman
-  guard (~> 1.0.1)
-  guard-minitest (~> 0.5.0)
-  guard-spork (~> 0.5.2)
   health-data-standards!
   hqmf-parser!
   hqmf2js!
@@ -283,11 +280,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry
   pry-nav
   rails (= 3.2.2)
-  rb-fsevent (~> 0.9.0)
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.3)
   simple_form
-  spork (~> 0.9.0)
-  spork-testunit (~> 0.0.8)
+  spork
+  spork-minitest
   test-patient-generator!
   therubyracer (~> 0.11.0beta5)
   turn

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
+require 'cover_me'    # cover_me docs say it needs to be the first line in test_helper
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'spork'
 
+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'minitest/unit'
+
 Spork.prefork do
   # Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However,
   # if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll
   # need to restart spork for it take effect.
-  require 'cover_me'
   ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
   require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
-  require 'rails/test_help'
 
   require 'factory_girl'
+  FactoryGirl.find_definitions
+
   require 'mocha'
   require 'rake'
-
-  # you will have to restart guard when you modify factories
-  # if you don't like this, put this line under #each_run()
-  FactoryGirl.find_definitions
+  require 'turn'
+  require 'rails/test_help'
 end
 
 Spork.each_run do
   # This code will be run each time you run your specs.
+  FactoryGirl.reload
+  Rails.application.reload_routes!
 end
 
 class ActiveSupport::TestCase
@@ -73,4 +77,4 @@ class << fixture
     end
     fixture
   end
-end
+end