Overview
lua-TestMore is a port of the Perl5 module Test::More.
It uses the
Test Anything Protocol
as output, that allows a compatibility with the Perl QA ecosystem.
For example,
prove
a basic CLI,
or Smolder
a Web-based Continuous Integration Smoke Server.
It's an extensible framework.
It allows a simple and efficient way to write tests (without OO style).
Some tests could be marked as TODO or skipped.
Errors could be fully checked with error_like().
It supplies a Test Suite for Lua itself.
Status
lua-TestMore is in beta stage.
It's developed for Lua 5.1.
Documentation
TODO : a manual
Bibliography :
Ian Langworth, chromatic, "Perl Testing" O'Reilly, 2005
Download
lua-TestMore source can be downloaded from GitHub or Lua Forge.
Installation
The easiest way to install lua-TestMore is to use LuaRocks:
luarocks install lua-testmore
If you prefer to install manually, just copy the files from /src. There are no building stage, lua-TestMore is a pure Lua module.
The Lua Test Suite
This suite is usable with :
It gives this coverage with Lua 5.1.4.
Contribute by sending the result from your platform :
cd test_lua51 make smolder
They are stored here by Smolder.
Copyright and License
Copyright © 2009 François Perrad
This library is licensed under the terms of the MIT/X11 license, like Lua itself.