If there's already been a thread on this, let me know (and if you can, point me to it)...
In building my stories, I often need to setup a bunch of data where you have multiple levels of models that depend on each other. For example, I'd have models like Doctor, Organization, and Location. To run various scenarios that view doctors, say by organization, or by tags, or whatever, I need to setup fixture-like data for locations, then organizations (which belong to a location), then docs which belong to an organization. I am sure others have this in their apps, and I'm wondering how you organize you Given's/steps across these things. Right now, for example, I have doctor_steps, organization_steps, and location_steps, which have their respective Givens in them. But, what's been bugging me is that when one Given depends on another, the only place this is really hinted at is in the plain text story file, where I might have: Scenario: view doctors Given: existing locations And: existing organizations And: existing doctors My steps that depend on other data always check for that existance. e.g. in Organizations given, I'd do a "Location.count.should > 1" or more specific depending on my needs, etc. So, what are folks doing in this regard, any tips, recommendations, suggestions, etc.? Is there some way to indicate dependencies like this that I simply don't know about? -- Christopher Bailey Cobalt Edge LLC http://cobaltedge.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
