I would use VCR for this. That records the network traffic and allows you to play it back. No need for the doubles then.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Wieland <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:41:22 PM UTC+1, Aaron Kromer wrote: >> >> Just me 2cents: >> >> If you own Google::APIClient then this seems to be a normal mockist >> approach. If however, you do not own that class, and instead get it from a >> gem or some other 3rd party dependency, maybe check out >> VCR<https://github.com/vcr/vcr>. >> You can then record a live traffic flow then play it back to validate the >> tests. >> >> Aside from that, you could possibly refactor the tests a bit. One general >> guide I use is that a test should only have a single expectation. Aside >> from that, other suggestions would largely be my personal preference. I >> would stick with whatever guidelines your dev group has set forth. >> > Hi, I don't own the Google::APIClient, it's an external gem. > How can you put a single expectations in every test if you have to mock > the whole service every time? In my example I have to stub 2 calls only to > instantiate the Google::APIClient, that's why I think it's a bit too > verbose... > Don't worry about guidelines, I'm the whole dev group :p > > Thanks, > ngw > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "rspec" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/5716af22-076b-4ac0-a027-bab67c0ceb03%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "rspec" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/CAKCESdgfQo9z9LpL3Fd%2BB0xuUejghQHRUyCgqoPSjyOxgikynw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
