module Spec
Overview
Crystal's built-in testing library. It provides a structure for writing executable examples of how your code should behave. A domain specific language allows you to write them in a way similar to natural language.
The Crystal compiler has a spec
command with tools to constrain which examples get run and tailor the output.
A basic spec looks something like this:
require "spec"
describe Array do
describe "#size" do
it "correctly reports the number of elements in the Array" do
[1, 2, 3].size.should eq 3
end
end
describe "#empty?" do
it "is empty when no elements are in the array" do
([] of Int32).empty?.should be_true
end
it "is not empty if there are elements in the array" do
[1].empty?.should be_false
end
end
# lots more specs
end
Test files are structured by use of the describe
or context
methods.
Typically a top level describe
defines the outer
unit (such as a class)
that is to be tested by the spec. Further describe
calls can be nested within
the outer unit to specify smaller units under test (such as individual methods).
describe
can also be used to set up a certain context - think empty Array
versus
Array
with elements. The context
method behaves just like the describe
method
and may be used instead, to emphasize context to the reader.
Within a describe
block, concrete test cases are defined with it
. A
descriptive string is supplied to it
describing what the test case
tests specifically.
Specs then use the should
method to verify that the expected value is
returned. See the example above for details.
By convention, specs live in the spec
directory of a project. You can compile
and run the specs of a project by running crystal spec
.
# Run all specs in files matching spec/**/*_spec.cr
crystal spec
# Run all specs in files matching spec/my/test/**/*_spec.cr
crystal spec spec/my/test/
# Run all specs in spec/my/test/file_spec.cr
crystal spec spec/my/test/file_spec.cr
# Run the spec or group defined in line 14 of spec/my/test/file_spec.cr
crystal spec spec/my/test/file_spec.cr:14
Defined in:
spec/dsl.crspec/context.cr
spec/expectations.cr
spec/formatter.cr
spec/junit_formatter.cr
spec/source.cr
spec.cr
Class Method Summary
- .add_formatter(formatter)
-
.after_each(&block)
Instructs the spec runner to execute the given block after each spec, regardless of where this method is invoked.
-
.before_each(&block)
Instructs the spec runner to execute the given block before each spec, regardless of where this method is invoked.
- .override_default_formatter(formatter)
Class Method Detail
Instructs the spec runner to execute the given block after each spec, regardless of where this method is invoked.
Instructs the spec runner to execute the given block before each spec, regardless of where this method is invoked.