RSpechttps://rspec.info |
Minitesthttps://github.com/seattlerb/minitest |
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| Programming language | Ruby | Ruby |
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Unit Testing, Intergration Testing
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Unit Testing
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| General info |
Domain Specific Language (DSL) testing solution for Ruby code It focuses on empowering Test Driven Development (TDD). RSpec contains multiple smaller libraries, which may be independently used with other testing frameworks. |
Complete suite of testing facilities Minitest is small, fast, and it aims to make tests clean and readable. It supports test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development (BDD), mocking, and benchmarking. |
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xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
Yes Yes, but it differs from more traiditional xUnit solutions. Its tests are written in a "Tests as Specification" manner. This means that the terminology used in RSpec is adjusted to a language more fitting for specification. |
Yes MiniTest is an xUnit style framework in that is has assertion functions in the style of xUnit/TDD |
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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes RSpec is used to primarily test the behaviour of applications or individual components so it can test front-end behaviour as well - you can use capybara gem with RSpec for that. |
No
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Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
Yes You can test server-side behaviour with Rspec |
Yes You can test various back-end components |
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Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
Yes RSpec does contain fixture methods |
Yes Minitest supports test fixture functions |
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Group fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data for a group of tests (group-fixtures). This ensures specific environment for a given group of tests. |
Yes Group fixture methods are supported |
Yes Minitest has group fixtures |
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Generators
Supports data generators for tests. Data generators generate input data for test. The test is then run for each input data produced in this way. |
Yes RSpec contains generators for example intergration_'test_name' which will save a spec inside the spec/requests folder |
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Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
MIT License
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MIT License
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Mocks
Mocks are objects that simulate the behavior of real objects. Using mocks allows testing some part of the code in isolation (with other parts mocked when needed) |
Yes Available through rspec-mocks gem. |
Yes Mocking is available through the Minitest::Mock class which is a simple and clean mock object framework |
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Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes Allows declaring example groups and contexts. |
Yes Allows grouping by nested Ruby classes. RSpec-like "context" method is available for spec syntax through the minitest-spec-context extension gem |
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Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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