Generate user-readable tests from Rspec tests?

Testing RSpec
1

I have been writing manual tests and dabbled in Cucumber. I like that
end users can read the Cucumber tests. Is there a way to generate
user-readable tests from Rspec tests or Watir tests?

Thank you.

2

You can write your own Formatter[1] if the existing ones don’t work for
you.
The default RSpec document format is already available[2] - just pass
--format doc as a param when running the specs.

Best,
Sidu.
http://c42.in

[1] http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rspec/
[2] GitHub - thekompanee/fuubar: The instafailing RSpec progress bar formatter

3

Sorry my question was not clear.

Sidu P. wrote in post #1021398:

You can write your own Formatter[1] if the existing ones don’t work for
you.
[1] http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rspec/
I am mostly testing Java web applications (I do not know Rails). Will
Formatter[1] work without Rails?

The default RSpec document format is already available[2] - just pass
--format doc as a param when running the specs.
[2] GitHub - thekompanee/fuubar: The instafailing RSpec progress bar formatter
I watched the video and it looks like it just outputs test results. I
need to output a test-narrative similar to:
Given some context
When some event occurs
Then I expect some outcome.
Then the end users will review the test-narrative before we start
development. Is there a tool that can generate a test-narrative from
Rspec tests or Watir tests?

Thanks Sidu.

4

On Sep 13, 2011, at 1:51 AM, wolf volpi wrote:

--format doc as a param when running the specs.
[2] GitHub - thekompanee/fuubar: The instafailing RSpec progress bar formatter
I watched the video and it looks like it just outputs test results. The
output should be a test-narrative similar to:
Given some context
When some event occurs
Then I expect some outcome.
Then the end users will review the test-narrative before we start
development. Is there a tool that can generate a test-narrative from
Rspec tests or Watir tests?

See
https://www.relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/docs/command-line/format-option.
Also, you can get a good start by typing rspec help.

HTH,
David

5

Now I understand better. Goggling “rspec formatter” shows that there
are formatters for progress, documentation, and html. This will make
more sense after I learn Rspec.

Thank you David and Sidu.