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Qualified Testing Framework

Qualified provides a lightweight, custom testing framework for Ruby that makes it easy to build and take a challenge. When creating a challenge, you can choose to use Rspec instead.

When taking a challenge, the test framework is already selected for you. You can determine which framework you are using by looking in the upper-right of the Sample Tests code area.

Test Object

The Test class provides the testing functionality needed to validate a challenge's requirements or write your own tests if you are taking a challenge. It is a frozen singleton class and cannot be modified.

Pass/Fail methods

Test.expect(passed, msg = nil)

Core assertion method that all other methods build off of. msg argument is optional. If it is not provided then a generic message will be used. Best practice is to provide your own message.

Pass/Fail status will be written to the output stream.

Test.assert_equals(actual, expected, msg = nil)

Checks that the actual value equals the expected value. A useful message will be displayed for both pass and fail outcomes. The msg argument is optional. If given it will be displayed in addition to the typical message used.

Test.assert_not_equals(actual, unexpected, msg = nil)

Checks that the actual value does not equal the unexpected value. A useful message will be displayed for both pass and fail outcomes. The msg argument is optional. If given it will be displayed in addition to the typical message used.

Test.expect_error(msg, &block)

Useful for testing that an error was expected to happen. msg is optional but best practice is to provide one.

Test.expect_no_error(msg, &block)

Useful for testing that an error was not expected to happen. msg is optional but best practice is to provide one.

Spec Methods:

Test.describe(msg, &block)

Top level method for describing/grouping a set of tests. Globally aliased as "describe".

describe "Foo" do

end

# or

Test.describe "Foo" do

end

Test.it(msg, &block)

Used in conjunction with describe to group related sets of tests in a spec. Globally aliased as "it".

describe "Foo" do
    it "should be defined" do
        Test.expect(defined?(Foo), "Foo is not defined")
    end
end

Test.before(&block)

Any blocks sent to this method will be called before each it spec is ran.

# this is a contrived example
describe "Foo" do
    a = 0

    # called before each spec is ran
    before do
        a++;
    end

    it "should should do something" do
        Test.assert_equals(a, 1)
    end

    it "should do something else" do
        Test.assert_equals(a, 2)
    end
end

Helper Methods:

Test.random_number() → Integer

Returns a random number. Useful for testing dynamic values that can't easily by hard coded into solutions

Test.random_token() → String

Returns a random string. Useful for testing dynamic values that can't easily by hard coded into solutions

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