[Gardeners] Test framework: please diff yours to another?, Re: Unit Test framework comparison page would be good

[Matthew Astley]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 01:30:17PM -0500, gwking at metabang.com wrote:
> PeterS wrote:

> > I've wondered that too, especially as I have my own test framework
> > that I think highly of. ;-)
> 
> Don't we all!

Not yet but something is Growing already.

 (*) Could those who do have a preferred test lib provide comment on
     what it has that the nearest comparable one doesn't?

Excluding of course the "I know how it works [because I wrote it]"
feature.

This should be easier for each of you once the review could tell you
which might be the closest.  No point comparing your own *unit style
one to RT if *unit-ness is your preferred feature(?)


e.g. http://www.cliki.net/FiveAM lists distinguishing characteristics
and these make me interested in it.  It didn't tell which is the
nearest comparable framework, but there's a blog nearby that does.

e.g. clickcheck does automated random spec testing; but it's based on
its own framework.  I've seen enough wheels reinvented that this
doesn't appeal much to me...  unless I'm doing the reinventing!


On the process of choosing, I'll fork the thread if you don't mind.


Matthew  #8-)