Test::Spec, Test Using a Declarative Testing Framework

Test::Spec

• Julian's team partner (Dan Muey) does Test::Spec a lot
• describe
• before, around
• it
  • One assertion inside, usually
• Julian wrote tests to cover File::Copy::Recursive
  • Used an example with Path::Tiny
  • Build directory tree for copies
• File::Copy::Recursive handles permissions and such as well
• share in the describe makes data available to nested pieces
• Constructs the ok messages from the nested describes and its.
• Need to call runtests to make the tests in the file run
• shared_examples_for
  • in spec_helpers
  • called by it_should_behave_like
• arounds match as expected
• If you add a message to the assertion, it replaces the generated message
• Without the sub, it shows as unimplemented
• before each and after each
• before all and after all
• Supports xit (disabled test)

We had 7 people attending this month. As always, we'd like to thank cPanel, L.L.C for providing the meeting space and food for the group.