Spectator

Test driven development red-green cycle for simple people!

The gist

Spectator is a simple watcher for your specs:

it will execute a spec each time a file (spec or implementation) is modified or created (really catches new files!)
it does not starts your whole suite at start, nor when a spec passes or fails (as autospec tends to do)
if you ask it runs the whole spec suite

Started as a custom Watchr script Spectator has grown up to a tiny gem!

Compatibility

Works with RSpec-1 and RSpec-2 (looks for a .rspec file in the project root).

Usage

Launch spectator in a terminal and go back to code!

The normal behavior is similar to autotest --fast-start --no-full-after-failed but gives the user a bit more control over execution. By hitting CTRL+C (or CMD+. on OSX) you get the following prompt:

^C (Interrupted with CTRL+C)
--- What to do now? (q=quit, a=all-specs):

Type q and ENTER (or CTRL+C again) to quit.

Type a and ENTER (or CTRL+C again) to execute the whole suite of specs.

Advanced (upcoming!)

If you want to override some path matching:

spectate do
  case path
  when %r{lib/calibration_with_coefficients}
    specs.grep(%r{models/(logarithmic|polynomial)_calibration})
  when %r{app/models/telemetry_parameter}
    specs.grep(%r{models/telemetry_parameter})
  end
end