On Monday 12 December 2005 10:36 pm, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Dec 12, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Monday 12 December 2005 05:24 pm, Adam Shelly wrote:
> >> Of course I introduced an error while cleaning up my code:
> >> That will teach me to skip unit tests...
> >
> > Could you please tell me more about the use of test units?
>
> If you're looking for a definition, try Wikipedia:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing

Ahhhh, I've always called those things "test jigs". Thanks.
>
> If you are curious about Ruby's Unit Test library, it is documented
> here:
>
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/index.html

I'm gonna actually have to see some real code with the Ruby unit test. The 
preceding URL makes it look harder and more cumbersome than just writing a 
subroutine to exercise your new class.

Thanks

SteveT

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