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Poor choice of title. It's about unit-testing a TUI application, as opposed to an 'ordinary' command-line application like curl or gcc.

jmmv 6y ago
Author here. Fair enough, but how common is the TUI term anyway? I've seen it in a few places, but it doesn't seem to be as generalized as GUI.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  A valid concern. Perhaps Unit-testing an interactive command-line app? (I'd favour command-line over console to avoid any possible confusion with games consoles.)
  - jmmv 6y ago
    Hmm, maybe. That's why I added the "text editor" suffix to the title, to be specific about what I was referring to. "Interactive command-line app" could also be misinterpreted because any CLI that asks for user input on a line-oriented manner (e.g. a REPL) would qualify, right?
    - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
      > I added the "text editor" suffix As it's pretty vital information I don't think it belongs in a subheading, which may be chopped when the post is submitted to a site like HN. > any CLI that asks for user input on a line-oriented manner (e.g. a REPL) would qualify, right? That's true, but it's more specific than console app. It would be a bit cumbersome to restate what TUI means in less obscure terms, although it wouldn't be the longest title known to man: Unit-testing a full-screen interactive command-line application.
    - rualca 6y ago
      > That's why I added the "text editor" suffix to the title, to be specific about what I was referring to. That was not good not clear, as there are command line text editors like ed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) Another way to disambiguate TUIs vs CLIs is to refer to the frameworks used to develop the app. For instance, mentioning ncurses or ncurses-based app is also frequently used to refer to TUIs.
- agumonkey 6y ago
  Don't worry it's not a big deal. Thanks for the article.
  - rualca 6y ago
    Kind of a big deal, as I only clicked on the article because I was interested.in checking some insight on how to test CLIs instead of TUIs.
    - agumonkey 6y ago
      You want a click refund ?
- rualca 6y ago
  > Fair enough, but how common is the TUI term anyway? It's pretty common when referring to text-based user interfaces, and when there's a clear distinction between a basic command line application. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface

jmmv 6y ago

Author here. Fair enough, but how common is the TUI term anyway? I've seen it in a few places, but it doesn't seem to be as generalized as GUI.

MaxBarraclough 6y ago
A valid concern. Perhaps Unit-testing an interactive command-line app? (I'd favour command-line over console to avoid any possible confusion with games consoles.)
- jmmv 6y ago
  Hmm, maybe. That's why I added the "text editor" suffix to the title, to be specific about what I was referring to. "Interactive command-line app" could also be misinterpreted because any CLI that asks for user input on a line-oriented manner (e.g. a REPL) would qualify, right?
  - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    > I added the "text editor" suffix As it's pretty vital information I don't think it belongs in a subheading, which may be chopped when the post is submitted to a site like HN. > any CLI that asks for user input on a line-oriented manner (e.g. a REPL) would qualify, right? That's true, but it's more specific than console app. It would be a bit cumbersome to restate what TUI means in less obscure terms, although it wouldn't be the longest title known to man: Unit-testing a full-screen interactive command-line application.
  - rualca 6y ago
    > That's why I added the "text editor" suffix to the title, to be specific about what I was referring to. That was not good not clear, as there are command line text editors like ed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) Another way to disambiguate TUIs vs CLIs is to refer to the frameworks used to develop the app. For instance, mentioning ncurses or ncurses-based app is also frequently used to refer to TUIs.
agumonkey 6y ago
Don't worry it's not a big deal. Thanks for the article.
- rualca 6y ago
  Kind of a big deal, as I only clicked on the article because I was interested.in checking some insight on how to test CLIs instead of TUIs.
  - agumonkey 6y ago
    You want a click refund ?
rualca 6y ago
> Fair enough, but how common is the TUI term anyway? It's pretty common when referring to text-based user interfaces, and when there's a clear distinction between a basic command line application. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface