[rspec-users] RSpec vs Screw.Unit

[Ashley Moran]

On Oct 17, 2008, at 10:41 am, Matt Wynne wrote:

> I'm also interested in this, as we're currently deciding which route  
> to go.
>
> I like the philosophy behind screw unit - it feels like the team  
> want to give us RSpec for javascript.

That's the feeling I got, that SU is trying to be a cleaner, slicker  
implementation of JSSpec.  I saw someone try JSSpec a few months back  
and very quickly hit issues with message expectations.  As for whether  
it's "JSSpec on crack*" I will have to try it to see...


> One of the things that has irritated me (and generally does with  
> javascript unit testing) is that running the tests is quite slow and  
> requires selenium. I did a little spike to run them via celerity  
> instead:
> http://gist.github.com/15273

Awesome!  I'll have to try that when I get into JS.

Thanks
Ashley


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