Testing my ruby module local changes without require_relative

Asked Jun 12 '18 at 15:51

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I have a ruby module with a number of class files. Some of them load others. If the module is installed then require 'mymodule/foo' loads foo.rb from the installed module. But what if I want to test code changes that I have made without building a new gem and installing it?

I can do something like this but it's cumbersome:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'mymodule/foo'

# require 'foo.rb'

But I have to constantly remember to make sure the right one is commented when building the new gem. I am proficient in Ruby but by no means an expert.

asked Jun 12 '18 at 15:51

gdanko

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Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4493114/developing-gems-and-testing – Jordan Running Jun 12 '18 at 15:54
I am assuming by "test" you mean manually debug because testing would be best done through a testing framework like `minitest` or `rspec` – engineersmnky Jun 12 '18 at 16:39
I have a test script I run and I may want to only test one aspect of the package. Is a test framework the only way around this? – gdanko Jun 12 '18 at 16:51
I am unsure what you mean by a "test script" but testing frameworks will allow you to run only specific tests or suites of tests – engineersmnky Jun 12 '18 at 17:33
A small script that loads the module, creates an instance, and does stuff. – gdanko Jun 12 '18 at 17:47

Testing my ruby module local changes without require_relative

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