red / green / refactor

• CI on Travis: http://travis-ci.org/fidothe/rgf

• Code on Github: https://github.com/fidothe/rgf

• Package on PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/rgf

A currently experimental attempt at an RSpec-esque BDD testing framework for Python.

Basically we’re aiming for syntax along these lines:

from rgf import describe, it

with describe("That Thing"):
    @it("test desc")
    def spec(context):
        # test code here
        assert stuff()

x_spec.py files go in a directory structure under, by convention, spec/ in the root of your project and are run using:

rgf spec

The specifics of the syntax are currently wrong, being borrowed directly from RSpec. Suggestions warmly received.

(Current front-runners are subject and context in place of describe, keeping it for the spec decorator.)

Because the spec functions are just functions, not methods, and are hoovered up by the @it decorator they’re effectively anonymous and can all have the same name for ease of thinking:

with subject('This Class'):
    @it('can calculate X')
    def s(world):
        pass

    @it('can account for Y')
    def s(world):
        pass

The aim is for something pythonic, with nested context and good spec names being the primary focus: minimum magic, minimum fuss.

Changelog

0.2.0.1 (2012-05-19)

• bump to update the Changelog, which I had neglected to do for 0.2.0 (sorry)

0.2.0 (2012-05-18)

• Python 3 support, courtesy of Marc Abramowitz

• create rgf and rgf-x.y scripts using distribute

• ExampleGroups can be nested using with describe():

0.0.2 (2012-05-13)

• Anonymous module collection of specs using randomly-generated module names. (fixes problems with imports of specs related to polluting sys.modules)

0.0.1 (2012-05-12)

The so-how-does-pypi-work-then? release.