testing is important for when you try to introduce new features down the road or if you plan on refactoring your code. Its nice to have test that lets you know you didn't break stuff. Imagine making a change and having to check every page in your app… not fun and time consuming. If you are making a small site, personal blog or something then yeah, don't worry about it but if you plan on having user that use your product and you plan on introducing new feature to your project then test everything. It only helps :)
Matt On Mar 16, 2013, at 12:21 AM, "Jason Hsu, Android developer" <jhsu802...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm going through Michael Hartl's Rails tutorial, and I am happy to report > that (as of the end of section 7) I'm able to get things working. (That > said, I skipped the section on automated testing, as Hartl warned that > automated testing is the most likely part of his book to become outdated.) > > There is a heavy emphasis on the "bundle exec rspec spec" tests. I agree > that testing is a very necessary part of development. As I go through the > rest of this tutorial, I will continue to test when instructed. > > That said, how essential are the "bundle exec rspec spec" tests in most real > world apps? My reasons for possibly not using them or not using them as > thoroughly as the tutorial does: > 1. I still feel more comfortable testing by accessing my web site in the > browser and trying things out as if I were one of my users. > 2. Creating the tests does add to the workload. > 3. Garbage in -> garbage out: If you don't write the proper tests, your > results don't matter but could cause you to needlessly obsess over something > that actually works but you erroneously think is in error, or you could think > something works when it doesn't. > > After I finish railstutorial.org, I will start my first Ruby on Rails web > site, which will profile mutual funds and ETFs. How important is it that I > do the "bundle exec rspec spec" testing as thoroughly as the tutorial does? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/QAY7xmnJg3EJ. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
