How to Run Just one Test Method from your Terminal
This entry was posted on Oct 01 2008
Many times I found myself running all tests just after modifying just one test method. Depending on the size of your project and its test ratio, it can be a very boring waiting for it to finish.
It can be even worse: Imagine you have other tests failing. How can you improve your productivity ? Just use the “-n method_name” parameter for the method you want to test.
ruby path_to_your_test_case -n method_you_want_to_testA real example, I want to test the “test_should_do_stuff” method inside my “stuff_controller_test.rb”:
ruby test/functional/stuff_controller_test.rb -n test_should_do_stuff
Worth remember that stills load your fixtures and preforms setup, it only won’t execute the other test methods.
