Re: [rspec-users] reusable specs - almost there

2007-08-09 Thread David Green
David Chelimsky-2 wrote: > > On 8/5/07, David Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> that's a great point, but there are some things about shared behaviours I >> don't like. for example, I have 14 different contexts I'm testing (and >> more >> to come) in 8 controllers. >> >> I can do this: >>

Re: [rspec-users] reusable specs - almost there

2007-08-05 Thread David Chelimsky
On 8/5/07, David Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that's a great point, but there are some things about shared behaviours I > don't like. for example, I have 14 different contexts I'm testing (and more > to come) in 8 controllers. > > I can do this: > > describe MyController do > it_should_be

Re: [rspec-users] reusable specs - almost there

2007-08-05 Thread Pat Maddox
I agree with David, I think this is too much magic. You'll often have more duplication in specs than you will in production code. That's not a bad thing though, because specs need to be explicit about the behavior being performed. Duplication doesn't lead to the same mistakes that it does in pro

Re: [rspec-users] reusable specs - almost there

2007-08-05 Thread David Green
that's a great point, but there are some things about shared behaviours I don't like. for example, I have 14 different contexts I'm testing (and more to come) in 8 controllers. I can do this: describe MyController do it_should_behave_like "context 1" it_should_behave_like "context 2" .

Re: [rspec-users] reusable specs - almost there

2007-08-05 Thread David Chelimsky
On 8/4/07, David Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a lot of controllers with virtually identical functionality for most > actions. I've been using shared behaviours to DRY things up a bit, but I > still have to create separate behaviours for each context before I can use > the shared beha

[rspec-users] reusable specs - almost there

2007-08-04 Thread David Green
I have a lot of controllers with virtually identical functionality for most actions. I've been using shared behaviours to DRY things up a bit, but I still have to create separate behaviours for each context before I can use the shared behaviours what I have now is a generic file which contains al