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diff --git a/vendor/plugins/rspec/README b/vendor/plugins/rspec/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ee351245d --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/plugins/rspec/README @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +== RSpec + +RSpec is a Behaviour Definition Framework intended for use in Behaviour +Driven Development. RSpec plays the same role that a unit testing framework +would play in a Test Driven Development environment, but does so using +words and structures that better support BDD. + +RSpec ships with four modules: + +Spec::Matchers provides Expression Matchers for use with Spec::Expectations +and Spec::Mocks. + +Spec::Expectations supports setting expectations on your objects so you +can do things like: + + result.should equal(expected_result) + +Spec::Mocks supports creating Mock Objects, Stubs, and adding Mock/Stub +behaviour to your existing objects. + +Spec::Runner provides a very small but powerful DSL for writing executable +examples of how your code should work. + +== Installation + +The simplest approach is to install the gem: + + gem install -r rspec #mac users must sudo + +== Building the RSpec gem +If you prefer to build the gem locally, check out source from svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/rspec/trunk. Then +do the following: + + rake gem + gem install pkg/rspec-0.x.x.gem (you may have to sudo) + +== Running RSpec's specs +In order to run RSpec's full suite of specs (rake pre_commit) you must install the following gems: + +* rake # Runs the build script +* rcov # Verifies that the code is 100% covered by specs +* webgen # Generates the static HTML website +* RedCloth # Required by webgen +* syntax # Required by our own custom webgen extension to highlight ruby code +* diff-lcs # Required if you use the --diff switch +* win32console # Required by the --colour switch if you're on Windows +* meta_project # Required in order to make releases at RubyForge +* heckle # Required if you use the --heckle switch +* hpricot # Used for parsing HTML from the HTML output formatter in RSpec's own specs + +Once those are all installed, you should be able to run the suite with the following steps: + +* svn co svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/rspec/trunk rspec +* cd rspec +* rake install_dependencies +* cd example_rails_app +* export RSPEC_RAILS_VERSION=1.2.3 +* rake rspec:generate_mysql_config +* mysql -u root < db/mysql_setup.sql +* cd .. +* rake pre_commit + + +Note that RSpec itself - once built - doesn't have any dependencies outside the Ruby core +and stdlib - with a few exceptions: + +* The spec command line uses diff-lcs when --diff is specified. +* The spec command line uses heckle when --heckle is specified. +* The Spec::Rake::SpecTask needs RCov if RCov is enabled in the task. + +See http://rspec.rubyforge.org for further documentation. |