=begin rdoc = Usage Behaviors provides a single method: should. Instead of naming test methods like: def test_something end You declare test methods like: should "perform action" do end You may omit the body of a <tt>should</tt> method to describe unimplemented behavior. should "perform other action" When you run your unit tests, empty <tt>should</tt> methods will appear as an 'UNIMPLEMENTED CASE' along with the described behavior. This is useful for sketching out planned behavior quickly. Simply <tt>extend Behaviors</tt> in your <tt>TestCase</tt> to start using behaviors. require 'test/unit' require 'behaviors' require 'user' class UserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase extend Behaviors ... end = Motivation Test methods typically focus on the name of the method under test instead of its behavior. Creating test methods with <tt>should</tt> statements focuses on the behavior of an object. This helps you to think about the role of the object under test. Using a behavior-driven approach prevents the danger in assuming a one-to-one mapping of method names to test method names. As always, you get the most value by writing the tests first. For a more complete BDD framework, try RSpec http://rspec.rubyforge.org/ = Rake tasks You can define a <tt>Behaviors::ReportTask</tt> in your <tt>Rakefile</tt> to generate rake tasks that summarize the behavior of your project. These tasks are named <tt>behaviors</tt> and <tt>behaviors_html</tt>. They will output to the console or an html file in the <tt>doc</tt> directory with a list all of your <tt>should</tt> tests. Behaviors::ReportTask.new do |t| t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb' end You may also initialize the <tt>ReportTask</tt> with a custom name to associate with a particular suite of tests. Behaviors::ReportTask.new(:widget_subsystem) do |t| t.pattern = 'test/widgets/*_test.rb' end The html report will be placed in the <tt>doc</tt> directory by default. You can override this default by setting the <tt>html_dir</tt> in the <tt>ReportTask</tt>. Behaviors::ReportTask.new do |t| t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb' t.html_dir = 'behaviors_html_reports' end =end module Behaviors def should(behave,&block) mname = "test_should_#{behave}" if block define_method mname, &block else puts ">>> UNIMPLEMENTED CASE: #{name.sub(/Test$/,'')} should #{behave}" end end end