i am having some issues around ruby-debug and rspec for rails3 so i was doing a google search for a solution and came across this thread. i'm sorry I couldn't miss your thoughts on rppec vs cucumber and don't wanna play smarty pants here, i just think you cannot replace rppec with cucumber because they are different tools really for different purposes.
i am also using cucumber for testing my projects' integrity - hence cucumber is for integration testing! - but also not lazy to write specs for my controller tests. i found that writing unit tests with rspec helps a lot while your project codebase grows and allows you to identify failing scenarios much easier. i am also trying to be as explicit in my tests as i can, covering edge cases etc. i would not use rspec with integrated views - never been a big fan of that - but would definitely keep writing unit tests with rspec2 and cover integration testing with cucumber. -- Attila On Sep 13, 6:49 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > David Kahn wrote: > > Ok, now I found if I add *require 'ruby-debug'* in the spec itself > > the > > debugger invokes. However.... > > > It is useless. I get a breakpoint in my controller but have no access to > > anything I want: > > > ../Users/DK/Documents/ror/projects/wavelineup3/app/controllers/user_session > > s_controller.rb:14 > > respond_to do |format| > > (rdb:1) @user_session > > *** Unknown command: "@user_session". Try "help". > > (rdb:1) self > > *** Unknown command: "self". Try "help". > > (rdb:1) params > > *** Unknown command: "params". Try "help". > > (rdb:1) > > Perhaps auto-eval is turned off in the debugger. Try typing "p > @user_session" instead of "@user_session". > > And why are you using RSpec specs for your controllers, anyway? > Cucumber stories are better for that. RSpec is better for model logic. > > > > > So, how does one go about debugging their tests, or rather specs, in > > rspec? > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > -- > 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-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
