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diff --git a/doc/development/testing.md b/doc/development/testing.md index c7eac3cf40c..efd56484b12 100644 --- a/doc/development/testing.md +++ b/doc/development/testing.md @@ -279,6 +279,43 @@ end - Avoid scenario titles that add no information, such as "successfully". - Avoid scenario titles that repeat the feature title. +### Table-based / Parameterized tests + +This style of testing is used to exercise one piece of code with a comprehensive +range of inputs. By specifying the test case once, alongside a table of inputs +and the expected output for each, your tests can be made easier to read and more +compact. + +We use the [rspec-parameterized](https://github.com/tomykaira/rspec-parameterized) +gem. A short example, using the table syntax and checking Ruby equality for a +range of inputs, might look like this: + +```ruby +describe "#==" do + using Rspec::Parameterized::TableSyntax + + let(:project1) { create(:project) } + let(:project2) { create(:project) } + where(:a, :b, :result) do + 1 | 1 | true + 1 | 2 | false + true | true | true + true | false | false + project1 | project1 | true + project2 | project2 | true + project 1 | project2 | false + end + + with_them do + it { expect(a == b).to eq(result) } + + it 'is isomorphic' do + expect(b == a).to eq(result) + end + end +end +``` + ### Matchers Custom matchers should be created to clarify the intent and/or hide the |