rspec -c -f doc about kiwi

[lukeredpath]

It will be once I've finished the groundwork on the improved logging and Kiwi runner.

[dimsumthinking]

Hi Luke,

Not nagging - just asking - how is work coming on improved logging and Kiwi runner?

Best, Daniel

[lukeredpath]

Hi Daniel

Not got much further on a standalone runner but the logging is currently much improved now that each spec runs as a separate OCUnit test.

[dimsumthinking]

Thanks Luke,

I spent the last few days with Rubyists - I'd be happy to see colored output for tests that pass and fail but I'm not sure if that's possible in the Xcode console or if that's something Apple needs to do at the OCUnit level.

[allending]

So I've been thinking Luke and Daniel ...

What are your thoughts on this temporary stopgap hack for colored output:

Just a simple runner script:

1. Wraps the built in in RunUnitTests, runs it, captures output.
2. For now, assume that the format of output from RunUnitTests is stable and will probably never be changed by Apple.
3. Split output into lines.
4. Lines with [FAILED], tag red.
5. Lines with [PASSED], tag green.
6. Lines with [PENDING], tag yellow.
7. Elide lines that we don't care about.
8. Reformat and spit out results.

I have not looked at this at a custom logger/runner as you Luke, so you probably have a better idea of whether this makes any sense or maybe this is what you already had in mind.

[pooriaazimi]

I'm just starting with Kiwi and must say it's amazing - waaaay better than I thought would be possible in ObjC with all its quirks and (somewhat) ugly syntax. But Kiwi is almost perfect and I'm really enjoying it!

But it'd be really cool if this issue could be resolved... I would love to see some colors in my console log...

I searched #issues a little, but didn't find anything of interest (regarding this particular issue). Can someone who's more intimately familiar with Kiwi please tell me if there's been any improvements?

I took a quick look at the source code, but it's rather big and I couldn't tell if adding color (probably using XcodeColors) and CocoaLumberJack (while not forcing it and allowing people to use the current version if they want) is easy or not.

The nice thing is that if we use CocoaLumberjack, we can write to console and a file (or a socket, or anything else we please). Now, we can write a simple server (for lack of a better word) in ruby or python or Node.js or whatever and let it run in the background. Now, when Kiwi generates new results, our server can be notified and and re-route the generated results through rSpec's formatter (or mocha's, or any of the million other test frameworks); so we don't have to re-invent the wheel and can use what rSpec people use to format our test results. These results can be shown in terminal, or in a browser. As a bonus, the server can even track the project's progress (how many tests have failed, etc.)

I'm curious to know what others think about this idea.

Thanks.

[allending]

Closing. Will look at a proper test runner as part of #176.