I automated integration testing... Here's how

[@totallynotvme]

Love the work you guys do! Makes working with the terminal so much better and nicer to look at

[@asdasddas100]

Wait this is actually sick

[@anasouardini]

How dare you guys be this cool!

[@LimitedWard]

I can see the gif feature being really useful, but I'd hesitate to use this for integration testing. It feels like that would just produce very brittle tests that fail whenever some basic output changes, even if it's doing the right thing. But maybe I'm misunderstanding how it works.

[@charmcli]

The integration tests can work with your golden file, so the CI will fail if there are unexpected changes to any of the TUI "screens" given the directives in the .tape file. At the end of the day, it's just comparing string outputs to make sure the expected and actual results match, just like any other tests. It would allow you to test your TUIs. Hope that helps to clarify

[@nskazki]

@@charmcli Why “golden” though? Is it a reference I don’t understand?

[@avi7278]

@@nskazki test that compare current output vs previous output (in whatever format: text, image, etc) are typically referred to as "goldens". Not sure of the actual origin. Maybe a good question for chat gpt.

[@Zonkin]

Seems most relevant for CLIs, but pretty amazing for those…

[@gabrieljose7041]

This is really awesome

[@neoplumes]

Huh. I just released a cli testing tool. But this is so much better in every way

[@couffin]

That realy cute! I wondering if you can do some ci integration examples

[@charmcli]

Absolutely, can follow up with some examples!

[@avncdevops6013]

bro that bashbunni name is kinda amazing

[@charmcli]

Thank you!

[@KyleThompson228]

Are charm libraries only available in Go? some of my rust side projects could really benefit but it doesn't seem available to me.

[@charmcli]

The libraries are only Go, the apps (including VHS) are just terminal apps that you can run anywhere. Gum (interactive UI elements) has some examples with Ruby and Python I think? You could use that with Rust if it’s what you’re looking for. Melt, Wishlist, Soft serve, Gum, Glow, Skate, VHS (I’m probably forgetting some)… are all apps we’ve built with our libs. Last year someone was working on something called Rustea that was Bubble Tea in Rust. Not sure the state of it now though

[@KyleThompson228]

@@charmcli you're breaking my heart but okay lol.

[@TaiGroot]

The golden output feature is a nice addition! I hadn't considered using it for CI but that's a nice idea for UI testing. How does tape handle recording for terminals with different coloring features? For example, if my UI tests revolve around making sure I show 'safe' (viewable) output for every type of terminal color support, and VHS always records in color (since it brings its own terminal)? Is there a way to tell VHS to set TERM variables and use different terminal color support for termenv/bubbletea? Or does the user have to set shell variables themselves?

[@charmcli]

Will check and loop back!

[@艾曦-e4g]

Cool！

[@kodder]

Cool