Padrino

Adding Components

Testing Library

Contributing an additional testing library to Padrino is actually quite straightforward. For this guide, let's assume we want to add shoulda as a testing component integrated into Padrino.

Generators

First, let's define the actual integration of the testing library into the generator in padrino-gen/generators/components/tests/shoulda.rb:

# padrino-gen/lib/padrino-gen/generators/components/tests/shoulda.rb

SHOULDA_SETUP = (<<-TEST).gsub(/^ {10}/, '') unless defined?(SHOULDA_SETUP)
RACK_ENV = 'test' unless defined?(RACK_ENV)
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/boot")
Dir[File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../app/helpers/**/*.rb")].each(&method(:require))

require "test/unit"

class Test::Unit::TestCase
  include Rack::Test::Methods

  # You can use this method to custom specify a Rack app
  # you want rack-test to invoke:
  #
  #   app CLASS_NAME
  #   app CLASS_NAME.tap { |a| }
  #   app(CLASS_NAME) do
  #     set :foo, :bar
  #   end
  #
  def app(app = nil, &blk)
    @app ||= block_given? ? app.instance_eval(&blk) : app
    @app ||= Padrino.application
  end
end
TEST

SHOULDA_RAKE = (<<-TEST).gsub(/^ {10}/, '') unless defined?(SHOULDA_RAKE)
require 'rake/testtask'

test_tasks = Dir['test/*/'].map { |d| File.basename(d) }

test_tasks.each do |folder|
  Rake::TestTask.new("test:\#{folder}") do |test|
    test.pattern = "test/\#{folder}/**/*_test.rb"
    test.verbose = true
  end
end

desc "Run application test suite"
task 'test' => test_tasks.map { |f| "test:\#{f}" }
TEST

def setup_test
  require_dependencies 'rack-test', :require => 'rack/test', :group => 'test'
  require_dependencies 'shoulda', :group => 'test'
  insert_test_suite_setup SHOULDA_SETUP
  create_file destination_root("test/test.rake"), SHOULDA_RAKE
end


# Generates a controller test given the controllers name
def generate_controller_test(name)
  # ...truncated...
end

def generate_model_test(name)
  # ...truncated...
end

Tests

Let's also add a test to ensure the new testing component generates as expected in padrino-gen/test/test_project_generator.rb:

# padrino-gen/test/test_project_generator.rb
it 'should properly generate for shoulda' do
  out, err = capture_io { generate(:project, 'sample_project', "--root=#{@apptmp}", '--test=shoulda', '--script=none') }
  assert_match(/applying.*?shoulda.*?test/, out)
  assert_match_in_file(/gem 'rack-test'/, "#{@apptmp}/sample_project/Gemfile")
  assert_match_in_file(/:require => 'rack\/test'/, "#{@apptmp}/sample_project/Gemfile")
  assert_match_in_file(/:group => 'test'/, "#{@apptmp}/sample_project/Gemfile")
  assert_match_in_file(/gem 'shoulda'/, "#{@apptmp}/sample_project/Gemfile")
  assert_match_in_file(/RACK_ENV = 'test' unless defined\?\(RACK_ENV\)/, "#{@apptmp}/sample_project/test/test_config.rb")
  assert_match_in_file(/Test::Unit::TestCase/, "#{@apptmp}/sample_project/test/test_config.rb")
  assert_file_exists("#{@apptmp}/sample_project/test/test.rake")
  assert_match_in_file(/Rake::TestTask\.new\("test:\#/,"#{@apptmp}/sample_project/test/test.rake")
  assert_match_in_file(/task 'test' => test_tasks/,"#{@apptmp}/sample_project/test/test.rake")
end

README

Finally, let's update the README for padrino-gen to reflect the new component in padrino-gen/README.rdoc:

# padrino-gen/README.rdoc
test:: none  (default), bacon, shoulda, cucumber, rspec, minitest

Contribute to Padrino

This completes the full integration of a testing library into Padrino. Once all of this has been finished in your GitHub fork, send us a pull request and assuming you followed these instructions properly and the library actually works when generated, we will include the component into the next Padrino version crediting you for the contribution!

last updated: 2022-02-22

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