Unit Tests

Rust and Cargo come with a simple unit test framework:

• Unit tests are supported throughout your code.

• Integration tests are supported via the tests/ directory.

Tests are marked with #[test]. Unit tests are often put in a nested tests module, using #[cfg(test)] to conditionally compile them only when building tests.

fn first_word(text: &str) -> &str {
    match text.find(' ') {
        Some(idx) => &text[..idx],
        None => &text,
    }
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    #[test]
    fn test_empty() {
        assert_eq!(first_word(""), "");
    }
    #[test]
    fn test_single_word() {
        assert_eq!(first_word("Hello"), "Hello");
    }
    #[test]
    fn test_multiple_words() {
        assert_eq!(first_word("Hello World"), "Hello");
    }
}

• This lets you unit test private helpers.
• The #[cfg(test)] attribute is only active when you run cargo test.

This slide should take about 5 minutes.

Run the tests in the playground in order to show their results.