auto_test: Watches code and tests for changes, rerunning tests as appropriate.
Description
The idea behind auto_test is that you just leave it running while
you develop your code. Everytime you save a file it will be automatically
tested and you can easily see if your changes have caused any test
failures.Usage
auto_test(code_path, test_path, reporter = "summary", env = test_env())
Arguments
code_path
path to directory containing code
test_path
path to directory containing tests
reporter
test reporter to use
env
environment in which to execute test suite.
Details
The current strategy for rerunning tests is as follows:- if any code has changed, then those files are reloaded and all tests
rerun
- otherwise, each new or modified test is run
In the future, auto_test might implement one of the following more
intelligent alternatives:- Use codetools to build up dependency tree and then rerun tests only
when a dependency changes.
- Mimic ruby's autotest and rerun only failing tests until they pass,
and then rerun all tests.