In Ruby, how to I control the order in which Test::Unit tests are run?
ruby, testunit, unit-testing
Solution
Name the tests you want to run first with a low-sorting alphabetical name.
def test_AAA_fizz
For code readability, this could be considered ugly, or helpful, depending on your point of view.
Problem
For example, when these tests are run, I want to ensure that `test_fizz` always runs first. ``` require 'test/unit' class FooTest < Test::Unit::TestCase def test_fizz puts "Running fizz" assert true end def test_bar puts "Running bar" assert true end end ``` Update: Why do I want to do this? My thought is that early failure by certain tests (those testing the simpler, more fundamental methods) will make it easier to track down problems in the system. For example, the success of `bar` hinges on `fizz` working correctly. If `fizz` is broken, I want to know that right off the bat, because there's no need to worry about `bar`, which will fail too, but with much more complicated output in the test results.