[Rspec-devel] RSpec on Rails

[aslak hellesoy]

a quick answer because it's late and i'm a little tipsy...

this sounds great!
i have done some rails work myself on a branch (branches/ar_fixtures_facade)
it sounds like you have done a lot more though!

i'll definitely take a closer look tomorrow and give more detailed feedback

cheers,
aslak

On 5/31/06, Lachie <lachiec at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I've been working on an RSpec plugin for rails
>
> Its a joy.
>
> http://lachie.info/svn/projects/rails_plugins/rspec_on_rails/README
>
> Features:
> * minimal impact on RSpec - overwrites Spec::Runner::Context#run, adds
> to Context, Specification and ExecutionContext
> * pragmatic - only supports what I (and my contributor :) have needed so far
> * mashes in rails' fixture loading - I only use yaml
> * mashes in rails' test controller setup
> * mashes in much of zenspider's Test::Rails::ControllerTestCase
> * can automatically load the Controller for verification.
> * many of rails' custom, crufty asserts aren't even needed with the
> beauty of "should"
> * provides rake tasks for running specs
> * uses the plugin install hook to create a spec directory, including
> the spec_helper required to use the rails features
> * its a plugin, so the barrier of using it in a rails app is very low.
>
> AntiFeatures:
> * pragmatic - only supports what I (and my contributor :) have needed so far
> * opportunistic - lots of snatch-n-grab code from Rails and Zenspider
> source. I blame the tightly coupled design of the original code, of
> course.
>
> However, it does bring RSpec to Rails. My recent apps have received a
> dose of RSpec goodness, and both I and the apps have benefitted
> immensely from the experience.
>
> Is anyone actively pimping RSpec? I've talked to fellow Rails/Ruby
> devs who've never heard of it!
>
> Lachie
> http://lachie.info/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lachie/
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