On 9/16/07, Scott Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 16, 2007, at 3:04 PM, David Chelimsky wrote: > > > On 9/16/07, s.ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> While the spirit of BDD is to spec first and code second, many of us > >> have legacy code. Worse, some of us have legacy code without very > >> good coverage. Recognizing that *I* have such code, I created a > >> script that grinds through your .rb files and creates placeholder > >> specs for each public method. > >> > >> While it is more sensible to spec behavior of code function than of > >> individual methods, this tool can help jump start a transition to > >> that wonderful place. > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > There are tools that will do this for you on java projects and in > > nearly every case that I've seen them used, the result has been 100 > > line test methods, one per object method, that take the object through > > multiple states, become impossible to understand, and often just get > > commented out. > > > > Worse, even though you sell it as a tool for dealing with legacy code > > (code without tests), it will end up becoming the tool people use and, > > even worse than that, they'll think it's BDD because it creates specs > > and not tests. > > > > I beg you (I'm on my knees as I'm writing this) to throw this > > manuscript in the fire now! > > > I agree with David (you can also look at the ZenTest suite, which has > a similar tool). I haven't looked at the tool, but how about > modifying it to create comments in the specs, somthing like this: > > # You haven't specified the behaviour of User#method1! > # You haven't specified the behaviour of User#method2! > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
Why not use RCov? Seeing a bunch of red is a much bigger motivator than a lame comment. Pat _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
