expector

Description:

expector

Expector #

This package provides a way to write tests more easily in a fluent
manner (with content assists).
Instead of writing expect(value, and provide a matcher to check the value,
just type expectThat(value). and let the content assist do its job!
Usage #
A simple usage example:
import 'package:expector/expector.dart';
import 'package:test/test.dart';

String? f() => 'hello';

void main() {
test('f() returns a 5-length string', () {
expectThat(f()).isNotNull
..isNotEmpty
..hasLength(5);
});
}
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What's the problem with test package ? #
The test package allows users to describe
expectations with matchers: expect(value, matcher). Unfortunatelly there are
a lot of matchers and it's easy to use a matcher that has no meaning regarding
the value tested. In this case, there will be no error at compile time but there
will be a runtime error. For instance:
import 'package:test/test.dart';

String? f() => 'hello';

void main() {
test('f() returns a 5-length string', () {
expect(f(), isNotNull);
expect(f(), isNotEmpty);
expect(f(), hasLength(5));
expect(f(), isNaN); // no compile time
});
}
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Another issue is that there is no content assist to help user. Everything is
suitable as matcher and it could be hard to find the good one.
License #
Apache 2.0