On May 13, 9:18 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> Max Williams wrote:
> > I've just started using Selenium with Rspec and it's working well so
> > far. However, i'm testing it against my local development version of
> > the site (ie running in mongrel). What i really need to do is run it in
> > a test environment, so i can do destructive actions repeatedly.
>
> Investigate Webrat (and ots Selenium bindings if you need them).
> Cucumber may also be nice here.
>
>
>
> > Using fixtures seems like one obvious way to go
>
> The obvious is not always the best. :)
>
> [...]
>
> > a) Generate fixtures, or some data (maybe even just an sql file) that
> > is loaded into the db before every test. This is going to be very slow
> > as the data will be reloaded *a lot*.
>
> Remember, Rspec already clears the test database before each test.
>
> What you have here is a good use case for factories, I think. Install
> Machinist or Factory Girl and just tell it what you need for each
> particular test. It will take care of the dependencies.
> [...]
>
> > 2) Generate a lot of fixtures somehow using some kind of system that
> > basically makes it easier to have a lot of associated models.
>
> This is sort of what factories do. There's a Railscast on the subject.
Check out this Railscast that uses two gems populator and faker to
create a rake that loads a database with fake data:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/126-populating-a-database
>
> Best,
> --
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> mar...@marnen.org
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