test-recall.vim

test-recall.vim is a vim plugin that is focused centrally around making it easier to run tests and get feedback appropriately in a the red, green, refactor cycle.

It handles the normal use cases for running tests. However, it has an additional killer feature, recollection. This means that it will automatically recall the last test that you ran, and allow you to rerun that test while in implementation code. This saves you the effort of having to jump back and forth between the test and implementation code during the red, green, refactor cycle.

Install

The following is the recommended approach using the vim8's built in package management. If you aren't using vim8 then upgrade to get the latest goodness.

cd ~/.vim/
git submodule add https://github.com/uptech/vim-test-recall.git pack/bundle/start/vim-test-recall
git add .
git commit -m "Added vim-test-recall plugin to my setup."

If you are using another method, you are on your own.

Usage

This plugin exposes a number of functions which are intended be used, and probably mapped. The breakdown of these functions and what they do is provided below.

• RunAllTestsInCurrentTestFile() - runs all the tests in the current test file
• RunNearestTest() - runs the test nearest the cursor
• RunAllRSpecTests() - runs all rspec tests across code base
• RunAllCucumberFeatures() - runs all cucumber features across code base
• RunWipCucumberFeatures() - run all wip'd cucumber features across code base

I personally have the above functions mapped as follows in my vimrc.

" Map all the run test calls provided by vim-test-recall
map <leader>t :call RunAllTestsInCurrentTestFile()<cr>
map <leader>T :call RunNearestTest()<cr>
map <leader>a :call RunAllRSpecTests()<cr>
map <leader>c :call RunAllCucumberFeatures()<cr>
map <leader>w :call RunWipCucumberFeatures()<cr>

Configuration

The following are optional configs that if not set have common default fall back strategies. Any of the following could be set in a similar fashion as this example in your vimrc.

" set vim-test-recall.vim to use rspec with full backtraces
let g:vim_test_recall_rspec_command = 'rspec -b'

• g:vim_test_recall_cucumber_command - if not set this first attempts to fall back to bin/cucumber if present, after that it falls back to zeus cucumber if zeus.json is present, after that it falls back to script/featuresif present, after that it falls back tobundle exec cucumber`.

• g:vim_test_recall_rspec_command - if not set this first attempts to fall back to bin/rspec if present, after that it falls back to zeus test if zeus.json is present, after that it falls back to script/test if present, after that it falls back to bundle exec rspec if Gemfile is present, after that it falls back to rspec.

• g:vim_test_recall_snapdragon_command - if not set this first attempts to fall back to bundle exec snapdragon if Gemfile is present, after that it falls back to snapdragon.

License

Copyright (c) Andrew De Ponte. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself. See :help license.