Rails core - Aug 2006 - test::unit namespace pollution

Background: I''ve got an app that doesn''t use the DB (long
story..)
and running tests is certainly a chore when you don''t have any DB  
connection.
Also, due to the way rails extends TestCase, running tests in  your  
suite that aren''t tied to AR can have issues.

Part of the solution involved renaming the main test class, such that  
test_helper becomes

class NoDbTest < Test::Unit::TestCase


and all the unit and functional tests inherit from NoDbTest.

I propose that rails'' test class inherits from, rather than extends,  
Text::Unit::TestCase.


Opinions?


Courtenay

> I propose that rails'' test class inherits from, rather than
extends,
> Text::Unit::TestCase.
>
> Opinions?
That''s been a long-standing desire. Especially also to clean up the
cruft in functional test controllers.
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On 8/15/06, court3nay <court3nay@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Background: I''ve got an app that doesn''t use the DB (long
story..)
> and running tests is certainly a chore when you don''t have any DB
> connection.
> Also, due to the way rails extends TestCase, running tests in  your
> suite that aren''t tied to AR can have issues.
>
> Part of the solution involved renaming the main test class, such that
> test_helper becomes
>
> class NoDbTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
>
>
> and all the unit and functional tests inherit from NoDbTest.
>
> I propose that rails'' test class inherits from, rather than
extends,
> Text::Unit::TestCase.
>
Someone had a patch to skip the db if the database config is empty or no
fixtures are declared. It broke the internal AR tests, but that could be
worked around by providing a dummy config. It''d solve your immediate
problem.

Rails should do the right thing with TestCase but getting there demands a
painful deprecation step nobody''s eager to take.

jeremy


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