ExTest

Simple wrapper around ExUnit to support BDD (rspec) like syntax. It aims to be as lightweight as possible and keep the functionality of ExUnit. Any options passed to ExTest will be passed on to ExUnit.Case (e.g. async: true).

Using describe and it might aid your test organization and keep your tests more structured. The it macro is a wrapper for ExUnit.Case.test and works identically, however you may call multiple setups and nest these within describes.

ExTest is right now in an alpha state, however it is improved over time as it is actively used within a bigger project.

Usage

defmodule HelloWorldTest do
  use ExTest #, async: true

  describe "with some assigns" do
    setup context do
      {:ok, hello: :world}
    end

    describe "and some more assigns" do
      setup context do
        {:ok, Dict.put(context, foo: :bar)}
      end

      it "returns things from first context", context do
        assert context[:hello] == :world
      end

      it "returns things from nested context", context do
        assert context[:foo] == :bar
      end
    end
  end
end

Build Status

Installation

Add ex_test to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

  def deps do
    [{:ex_test, "~> 0.0.1", only: :test}]
  end

Pull requests

Pull requests to improve this software are very welcome. However please note, that this should not be considered as a rspec clone, so please keep this in mind when developing features. Thanks!