Hi Aaron, Thanks for reply. It was me asking you recently on github regarding your book actually. :)
I agree I need to practice. As I understood, I can test same things in models and feature specs, so I'm wondering which is better? which is effective? I think this is main point beginners confuse. Regards, Askar On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:14 AM, Aaron Sumner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Askar, this is Aaron from Everyday Rails. The posts you're referring > to, and my book that followed them, were based on how I learned testing. I > found testing models to be easier because they didn't require very much > setup. Once I got comfortable testing models I moved up to more complex > tests. Once I got comfortable with the process of writing tests, I switched > to the "top down" approach that it sounds like Ryan covers in Rails 4 in > Action. I start with a high level spec (like a feature spec), then I drop > down to a lower level spec (like a model spec) when my tests aren't giving > me good feedback about my code. > > Wherever you start testing, I recommend practicing a lot. I would write > tests for simple functionality, and functionality that I already knew was > working. Then I would experiment to see happened when I changed things > around in the test, and in the application code being tested. Deliberate > practice and experimentation are the best ways I've found for learning > testing and programming. > > Hope that helps, > Aaron > > On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 11:42:40 PM UTC-5, Askar wrote: >> >> I'm very new to rspec. >> >> Can't figure out where to start writing specs from? >> >> In the Rails 4 in Action they starting from writing in *spec/features*. >> In http://everydayrails.com/ they start from *spec/models*. >> Not sure if there any other approach... >> >> Which approach is recommended? >> > -- 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/CAP4%3DRx_zhosmRtOBSnKxvT%3DUeHziEhnNB2eN0doQ56Z%2BeWe%2BRA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
