[Solar-talk] Solar Testing via external test library

[Antti Holvikari]

On 10/4/06, Travis Swicegood <development at domain51.com> wrote:
> Antti Holvikari wrote:
> > Are you now talking about replacing Solar_Test completely or just
> > running the Solar_Test tests with an external testing library? Just to
> > be clear what you mean.
> >
>
> I'm advocating replacing Solar_Test (eventually, not over night) with
> SimpleTest.  The plan would be use SimpleTest for all new tests, as bugs
> are discovered, use it for documenting them and insuring they aren't
> re-introduced into new code.  As time allowed, we would start
> refactoring the test codes in Solar_Test so it used the new SimpleTest
> framework.

Ok then.

Hmm, I actually love Solar_Test. So first I thought -1 for "something
else", but I can see some benefits of an external testing framework.

Solar_Test is so simple, yet it obviously lacks some functionality
that exist in PhpUnit and SimpleTest. But I must say that I have yet
to find a feature that I wish Solar_Test had. I mean, it works! I'm
not an expert of this area but sometimes I wish I could test private
methods, is that possible with SimpleTest?

I *love* simple but powerful solutions, and I think Solar_Test is just
that. I kinda see no real reasons why to switch to something else.
Maybe a +0 at this point.


-- 
Antti Holvikari <http://phphalo.com>