You would either use RSpec or Test::Unit. Test unit built into rails while rspec seems to be the flavor of the day. I use capybara for cucumber testing, when you want human-readable output as part of your test suite. factory girl is a replacement to rails fixtures, which are unreliable.
On Jul 28, 1:32 pm, Kevin McCaughey <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am confused about the amount of different programs/suites/gems > involved in testing in RoR. So far I have a list of: > > Webrat, Capybara, Rspec, built in integration tests, cucumber, guard, > spork, testunit (I get this one!), factory girl etc bloody etc. > > It seems to me that the authors (like Michael Hartl) I am following hop > about and use a lot of different programs to test with, but with little > explanation of *why* they choose a particular setup. In fact, I bought a > book on Rspec only to find out that he is changing to cucumber later?? > This confusion exists on other tutorials too. > > It seems like testing is really fragmented and constantly changing. > > I would be grateful if anyone has the time to explain maybe what is > going on with testing in Rails as I am really confused. I understand the > basics of TDD/BDD (and why BDD etc) but I feel like I am lost on a > sinking ship, the (web)rats are leaving, Capybara's fleeing, with > flotsam and jetsam of cucumbers and (r)spectacles all around... > > It just isn't making sense and I cannot seem to pick out any logical > thrust behind the choice of testing methodology. > > Many thanks, > > Kevin McCaughey > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
