Common generator interface

[bmulvihill]

While working on a generator I noticed most exercise generators ({exercise-name}_cases.rb) have a different method names for the same purpose. For example the test values, some generators call this method assertion, others call it do, or work_load. The same goes for the test naming and skip methods. This can lead to some confusion and also code duplication.

I think a common interface would go a long way towards reducing some code duplication and making it easier to create new generators.

[Insti]

I'd also like to see the generator files move into the exercise sub directories.
(This will need support for .meta added in x-api or trackler or both. see: https://github.com/exercism/x-api/issues/113)

But would mean that all the code for generating the tests for a particular exercise lives with that exercise, eg:

exercises/slug/.meta/generator/slug_cases.rb
exercises/slug/.meta/generator/generic_template.tt
exercises/slug/.meta/generator/slug_template.tt

(This may be a different issue, but I thought I'd add it here for now as a wish.)

[kotp]

I think workload has been discussed for this. I would like to see the same terms used as well.

The skipped method used in lib/hamming_cases.rb and the related exercises/hamming/example.tt file is my preferred way, reducing complexity in the template file (the view).

[stale]

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[kotp]

Thank you @bmulvihill this is being addressed via the generator work currently done with @hilary and previously done with @tommyschaefer and @Insti and others.