Also, you can import Test.Hspec.Monadic rather than Test.Hspec if you want to use a WriterMonad based api.

http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hspec
https://github.com/trystan/hspec

As always, any advice, comments, or questions are welcome,
Trystan Spangler



For those who would like to see an example, using the new alternate monadic api, running this program:

import Test.Hspec.Monadic

import Test.Hspec.HUnit

import Test.Hspec.QuickCheck (property)

import Test.HUnit (assertBool, assertEqual)

main = hspec specs

specs = describe "hspec 0.4.3" $ do

 it "still allows a Bool expression to act as an example"

     (replicate 5 1 == [1,1,1,1,1])

 it "still allows HUnit assertions to act as examples"

     (assertBool "lame example" True)

 it "still allows QuickCheck properties to act as examples"

     (property $ \ i -> (i::Int) == i + 1 - 1)

 it "still shows a list of failed examples"

     (undefined :: Bool) -- expected to fail

 it "still collects better data from failed HUnit examples"

     (assertEqual "this should fail" 1 2) -- expected to fail

 it "still collects better data from failed QuickCheck examples"

     (property $ \ i -> (i::Int) * 2 - 2 /= i) -- expected to fail

 it "now allows a monadic api"

     (pending "I'm still not sure how to test this but this example is good evidence....")

 

 it "now outputs in color when writing to stdout"

     (pending "I'm still not sure how to test this but trust me it works....")

should send this to stdout in glorious red, yellow, and green: