Comments on: Using JRuby for Java testing? http://blog.technoetic.com/2008/01/09/using-jruby-for-java-testing/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Evan Light http://blog.technoetic.com/2008/01/09/using-jruby-for-java-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-22133 Evan Light Tue, 13 May 2008 14:50:33 +0000 http://blog.technoetic.com/2008/01/09/using-jruby-for-java-testing/#comment-22133 @paul: With regard to Groovy =~ Ruby and Ruby =~ Groovy, not so. Groovy's metaprogramming API is big on ceremony whereas Ruby's is simple yet immensely powerful. IMO, Ruby's pure-OO nature and metaprogramming capabilities are what set it apart from other languages. @paul: With regard to Groovy =~ Ruby and Ruby =~ Groovy, not so. Groovy’s metaprogramming API is big on ceremony whereas Ruby’s is simple yet immensely powerful. IMO, Ruby’s pure-OO nature and metaprogramming capabilities are what set it apart from other languages.

]]> By: Paul Davis http://blog.technoetic.com/2008/01/09/using-jruby-for-java-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-12899 Paul Davis Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:45:30 +0000 http://blog.technoetic.com/2008/01/09/using-jruby-for-java-testing/#comment-12899 Really, they are both great for unit testing java. Often, the setup code for jUnit is bigger (more verbose) than the actual tests being performed. To offer comparisons, Groovy may be easier (for someone learning a new language) just because it is so close to java and is backwards compatible with it. On the ruby side, beyond simple unit testing, RSpec is an elegant way to write behavior tests. Probably more elegant than any of the other ways to do it. Groovy and Ruby are so similar that it's hard to try to position one above the other. Really, they are both great for unit testing java. Often, the setup code for jUnit is bigger (more verbose) than the actual tests being performed.

To offer comparisons, Groovy may be easier (for someone learning a new language) just because it is so close to java and is backwards compatible with it.

On the ruby side, beyond simple unit testing, RSpec is an elegant way to write behavior tests. Probably more elegant than any of the other ways to do it.

Groovy and Ruby are so similar that it’s hard to try to position one above the other.

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