Storyteller

Minimalist user stories for test/unit

Examples

require "test/unit"
require "rubygems"
require "context"
require "storyteller"

class MyAcceptanceTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  include Test::Storyteller

  story <<-EOS
    As a developer
    I want to have user stories on test/unit that look pretty
    So that I can have nice acceptance tests
  EOS

  scenario "So simple it's awesome" do
    # ...
  end

  scenario "OMG I'm so ruling the world with this" do
    # ...
  end
end

And when run that produces:

$ ruby my_acceptance_test.rb
Loaded suite my_acceptance_test
Started

As a developer
I want to have user stories on test/unit that look pretty
So that I can have nice acceptance tests
..

Finished in 0.000178 seconds.

2 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

If you have multiple classes that include Test::Storyteller (or that inherit from a common base class that includes it), then each story will get printed in turn, with the scenarios run below it.

And best of all: in full beautiful color (cause what's the point if it ain't pretty?)

Installing

sudo gem sources add http://gems.github.com
sudo gem install foca-storyteller

OMG why not use Cucumber?

I like Cucumber and use it, but it's just a whole new layer of complexity when you don't have business people checking and reviewing your user stories. Simple requirements need simple solutions.

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2009 Nicolás Sanguinetti contacto@nicolassanguinetti.info

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