KotlinTest Roadmap 4.0

[sksamuel]

Features and fixes for 4.0

Rebrand

• - Update all docs to refer to new name
• - Add typealias from io.kotlintest to io.kotest Add typealias from io.kotlintest to io.kotest #1187
• - Blog / Article links for migration Blog / Article links for migration #1185
• - Update logo New logo #1171
• - Order stickers and distribute
• - Update kotlin-awesome to point to new org Blog / Article links for migration #1185
• - Transfer repo to new org.

Docs

• - Document usage for Kotlin/JVM in Multiplatform projects Document usage for Kotlin/JVM in Multiplatform projects #1105
• - Improve Property-based testing documentation Improve Property-based testing documentation #1152
• - Documentation for test filtering via gradle Documentation for test filtering via gradle #597
• - Improve documentation on Listeners and Extensions Improve documentation on Listeners and Extensions #1118

Framework improvements

• - Reuse specs, allow generic specs [F] reuse specs, allow generic specs #598 feature request: enhancements to data-driven testing #589
• - Listener to run before/after a set of tests Listener to run before/after a set of tests #458
• - ProjectConfig should be auto-scanned ProjectConfig should be auto-scanned, not in the specific package #470
• - Auto scan for project level extensions / listeners Auto scan for project level extensions / listeners #1143
• - FreeSpecScope String.config test function is not suspend Why AbstractFreeSpec.FreeSpecScope String.config test function is not suspend #1085
• - Enhance DescribeSpec with xMethods Enhance DescribeSpec with xMethods #763
• - Focus and Bang are broken for DescribeSpec Focus and Bang are broken for DescribeSpec #1047
• - Before/After Spec should allow coroutines Before/AfterSpec and before/afterTest should support suspendable functions #837
• - Strip arrow Try from core Strip arrow Try from core #1090
• - Project wide default test case config Project wide default test case config #1157
• - Around test directly in the spec class Around advice in the spec DSL #794
• - Launching coroutine in test lambda does not attach to the correct scope Launching coroutine in test lambda does not attach to the correct scope #830
• - Add function based enabledIf to test config Add function based enabledIf to test config #1166
• - Confirm kotest does not bring in a logger How to resolve No appenders could be found for logger (io.kotlintest.runner.junit5.KotlinTestEngine)? #1052 Turn off logging by default #767 SLF4J dependency issue #639
• - Configurable location of .kotlintest dir Configurable location of .kotlintest dir #849
• - temp file handling Temporary file management for tests #326 Delete dir equiv of autoclose ? #1193
• - removed invocations handling in favour of replay beforeTest() / afterTest() not run between test invocations #721
• - Support @ignored at the spec level Support @Ignored at the spec level #1261
• - Update eventually to return first error AND last error Update eventually to return first error AND last error #1222
• - Improve support for JUnit platform test discovery Improve support for JUnit platform test discovery #1229
• - After project failure "Class" After project failure "Class" #1234

Multiplatform

• - Add support to Roboelectric Add support to Robolectric #926
• - Multi Platform - Kotlin JS Multi Platform - Kotlin JS #242

Matchers

• - Comparator matchers Comparator matchers #668
• - New matcher: should be truthy New matcher: should be truthy #943
• - Increasing/Decreasing list/seq matchers Increasing/Decreasing list/seq matchers #850
• - File matchers should implicitly check File.shouldExist File matchers should implicitly check File.shouldExist #764
• - Channel matchers Channel matchers #885
• - Add regex matchers Add regex shouldBe #1065
• - Add jsoup matchers Add jsoup matchers #1028
• - Stats m#1098 rs Stats matchers #851
• - shouldBeCalled assertion shouldBeCalled assertion #1015
• - String shouldbe UUID matcher String shouldbe UUID matcher #1119
• - Integration with konform Integration with konform #1131
• - Adding matcher to check a kotlin code compiles Adding matcher to check a kotlin code compiles #1153
• - Add forEachAsClue extension Add forEachAsClue extension #939
• - New matchers alias New matchers alias #933
• - Create a matcher similar to Mockito's ReflectionEquals Add alias for shouldBeEqualToUsingFields and disallow specifying NO fields #1161
• - Add Char Equivalent of IntMatchers Add Char Equivalent of IntMatchers #1113
• - New collections matcher New collections matcher #1184
• - Add Matchers for kotlin durations Add Matchers for kotlin durations #1207
• - Collection comparison matcher should print missing and unexpected elements Collection comparison matcher should print missing and unexpected elements #1243
• - ShouldThrowMessage ShouldThrowMessage #1269
• - Path matchers should be implemented without a toFile() conversion Path matchers should be implemented without a toFile() conversion #1272
• - Add matchers to Klock Add matchers to Klock #1156

Test Helpers

• - Better toString with automatic support for Show for classes Better toString with automatic support for Show for classes #662
• - Inspectors are bugged when the message is very big Inspectors are bugged when the message is very big #938
• - forAll displays all errors at once, even when they are too many forAll displays all errors at once, even when they are too many #929
• - Eventually should be inline to support suspension Eventually should be inline to support suspension #1098
• - Retry Helpers Retry Helpers #523
• - Add allure annotations Add allure annotations #1172
• - Make eventually, until and continually cross platform Make eventually, until and continually cross platform #1183

Extensions

• - Add mockserver extensions Add mockserver extensions #1211
• - Support http client in intellij Support http client in intellij #1197

Property Testing

• - Allow min successful to be passed to property checks Allow min successful to be passed to property checks #780
• - Property testing don't accept suspended lambdas Property testing don't accept suspended lambdas #717
• - Option to control Shrinking Option to control Shrinking #967
• - Must allow seeding of the random values in gens Must allow seeding of the random values in gens #815
• - Unique modifier for Generators Unique modifier for Generators #971
• - Property based tests for strings do not ever generate hieroglyphs Property based tests for strings do not generate multi-code-unit graphemes #1088
• - An exception in a property test doesn't show the failing values An exception in a property test doesn't show the failing values #1037
• - Concat Gens Concat Gens #975
• - Weight choose Generators Weight choose Generators #974
• - Gen.file(dir) Gen.file(dir) #947
• - exhaustive generation option for property testing exhaustive generation option for property testing #969
• - Add check coverage to prop testing Add check coverage to prop testing #1198
• - Add property test gen for emails Add property test gen for emails #1134
• - New generators New generators #1120
• - Generators for arrow types Generators for arrow types #701
• - Print seed in prop tests Print seed in prop tests #1201
• - Add generator for js date Add generator for js date #1204
• - Add JS matcher for JS Date Add JS matcher for JS Date #1206
• - Create generator that poll lines from a file Create generator that poll lines from a file #1100
• - Generate data class using reflection in property tests Generate data class using reflection in property tests #1245
• - Property based tests for strings do not generate multi-code-unit graphemes Property based tests for strings do not generate multi-code-unit graphemes #1088

Compatibility

• - Generate junit report even when no tests Generate junit report even when no tests #809
• - Using SkipTestException causes error in JUnitTestRunnerListener Using SkipTestException causes error in JUnitTestRunnerListener #1034

[sksamuel]

Kotest 4.0 has been released.