[rspec-users] Spec run heuristics (Re: Cucover: coverage-aware 'lazy' cucumber runs)

[Matt Wynne]

On 11 Apr 2009, at 19:02, Ashley Moran wrote:

> I was just idly thinking, could a code-coverage based system could  
> be combined with some sort of failure (fragility) history to balance  
> the time cost of heavy feature runs with the benefits of having  
> something run end-to-end?  We've had reverse-modification-time spec  
> ordering for ages which is a useful start.

I believe this is roughly what Kent Beck's new venture, JUnit Max,  
does. I think it's pretty much essential to start thinking about doing  
this - dumbly running all the tests just doesn't make sense and won't  
scale on a bigger project. Cucover is my first attempt to dip my toe  
into this water.

I blogged about this the other day:
http://blog.mattwynne.net/2009/04/06/the-future-of-automated-acceptance-testing/


Matt Wynne
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