A Markdown-based test suite

(blogsystem5.substack.com)

26 points | by zdw 2 days ago

4 comments

  • riffraff 1 hour ago
    The "test anything protocol" was a text based system for writing tests, I think perl might still use it

    I remember using it to implement the test suite for a Shakespeare language interpreter. Fun times.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol

  • abusaidm 1 hour ago
    Interesting approach, I can see the benefits of such approach where the md is acting like a Jupyter notebook of some sort. You place the content with documentation and it becomes a self standing unit of test.

    I wonder if this can be replicated to other notions where the docs/data needed for test add more value to live with the test

  • dhruv3006 1 hour ago
    I think you will like https://voiden.md/ - some what similar to what you did here.

    PS: I am currently working on Voiden.

    • rubyn00bie 57 minutes ago
      You’re developing that so it would be nice to have the disclosure.

      Additionally, I cannot find any obvious examples of what it does, or how it possible relates, and none of the sections seem to offer anything even resembling an example. The entire site seems like a marketing template.

      FWIW— if it is similar, or there are examples, you should absolutely put them to the forefront. I literally have no idea what any of the statements/propositions in the pages actually mean.

      • dhruv3006 29 minutes ago
        yep editing my comment !
  • nibblecid 3 hours ago
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