[plt-dev] Fwd: [plt-scheme] Newbie help using (check-expect): problem nesting (generate-report)

We should really smoothen the path from the test engine to the unit  
testing framework. -- Matthias



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> From: Matt Jadud <jadudm at gmail.com>
> Date: April 23, 2009 7:20:37 AM EDT
> To: mattdz at udel.edu
> Cc: plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu
> Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] Newbie help using (check-expect): problem  
> nesting  (generate-report)
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:11 AM,  <mattdz at udel.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Instead of just listing a whole lot of (check-expect) expressions  
>> all serially one after another,
>> and then evaluating them all when I run the code, I was hoping to  
>> be able to do something like
>> this:
>
> Hi Mattdz,
>
> Does this help at all?
>
> http://www.rockalypse.org/courses/cmpsc220sp09/resources/ 
> unit_testing_in_plt_scheme.html
>
> You might, in short, try using SchemeUnit. It isn't far off from where
> you're at, and it lets you write your tests in test suites, which you
> can then combine into larger suites and run. (Or, you can run
> individual suites.) Also, you can "define-simple-check", which lets
> you write your own checks.
>
> The documentation for SchemeUnit is good, and you're welcome to ask
> questions about it here. There is also the possibility that someone
> will chime in and tell you how you can go about this using the tools
> you're already using.
>
> The transition from one to the other should be minor/painless, though,
> so I don't think I'm leading you vastly astray by suggesting
> SchemeUnit.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt
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