Running ExUnit test cases in the exact order they are described.

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miwee

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May 9, 2015, 9:46:48 AM5/9/15
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I want to run my all the test cases in a test file in the exact order they are described. I tried with async: false, but test cases are still run in some randomized order.
Any suggestions.

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Norbert Melzer

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May 9, 2015, 10:21:35 AM5/9/15
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Using 0 as seed *seems* to avoid randomisation, but my small project I did that test has only 10 test wich printed their corresponding number. The numbers appeared in order.

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José Valim

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May 9, 2015, 10:35:50 AM5/9/15
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Yes, setting seed: 0 on ExUnit start or via the command line does it. But it is for the whole suite and not that particular test case.

Relying on ordering for tests is usually not recommended.


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miwee

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May 9, 2015, 12:02:10 PM5/9/15
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Its working. thanks.
In this particular test case I wanted to test an external API. So I thought that doing it in order from POST, GET All, Get one, Put, Get one would be better. Is there any other way this can be done?

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Louis Pilfold

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May 9, 2015, 12:07:10 PM5/9/15
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I would do it all within one test block, with multiple assertions.

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José Valim

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May 9, 2015, 12:09:12 PM5/9/15
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Yeah, right now you would do a big test but that is definitely flawed. We are working on making integration tests better in the future.



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Louis Pilfold

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May 9, 2015, 12:43:44 PM5/9/15
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I like the idea for integration tests on the ShouldI issue tracker, if
anyone would like to take a stab at building that I would be very
happy. :)

https://github.com/batate/shouldi/issues/9
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