Comments on: Assertions the right way around (in Ruby, anyway) http://blog.excastle.com/2006/09/02/assertions-the-right-way-around-in-ruby-anyway/ Life, .NET, and Cats Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Joe White http://blog.excastle.com/2006/09/02/assertions-the-right-way-around-in-ruby-anyway/#comment-5596 Joe White Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:09:00 +0000 http://blog.excastle.com/2006/09/02/assertions-the-right-way-around-in-ruby-anyway/#comment-5596 Wow, cool. Looks an awful lot like what the new version of NMock is doing. Are the NMock and NUnit people joining forces? Wow, cool. Looks an awful lot like what the new version of NMock is doing. Are the NMock and NUnit people joining forces?

]]> By: Gabe http://blog.excastle.com/2006/09/02/assertions-the-right-way-around-in-ruby-anyway/#comment-5595 Gabe Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:22:00 +0000 http://blog.excastle.com/2006/09/02/assertions-the-right-way-around-in-ruby-anyway/#comment-5595 The NUnit team is <a href="<a target="_new" href="http://nunit.com/blogs/?p=37">examining" rel="nofollow">http://nunit.com/blogs/?p=37">examining</a> some alternate assertion syntax</a> for the upcomming NUnitLite which addresses some of your concerns. The new syntax, if adopted, would allow tests which look like this: <br> Assert.That( actual, Is.EqualTo( expected ) ); <br> Assert.That( x, Is.GreaterThan( 5 ) & Is.LessThan( 10 ) ); <br> <br>Waaaay more natural than the current syntax. The NUnit team is <a href="http://nunit.com/blogs/?p=37"&gt;examining some alternate assertion syntax</a> for the upcomming NUnitLite which addresses some of your concerns. The new syntax, if adopted, would allow tests which look like this:

Assert.That( actual, Is.EqualTo( expected ) );

Assert.That( x, Is.GreaterThan( 5 ) & Is.LessThan( 10 ) );

Waaaay more natural than the current syntax.

]]>