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Typed Assertions Tell You What Hurts

One thing clojure.test did reasonably well was tell you why an assertion failed. Currently, Lazytest fails in this regard. The problem with requiring test functions to return true/false to indicate pass/fail is that they can’t attach any additional information to … Continue reading

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A Journey of a Thousand Lines Begins with a Single Test

I have a curious obsession with testing frameworks. The first thing I do with any new programming language is try to write a test framework in it. It’s a useful exercise for exploring the metaprogramming facilities provided by any language. … Continue reading

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Tests Are Code

It’s interesting to see the first signs of rebellion against RSpec. I jumped on the RSpec bandwagon when it first appeared, mostly so I wouldn’t have to write “assert_equals” all the time. But while I liked and used RSpec, I … Continue reading

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