This thread may help give you some insight... http://www.mail-archive.com/rspec-users@rubyforge.org/msg05382.html
Zach On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Sam Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just getting into RSpec stories and liking them (especially with > webrat), but I'm finding it tricky to write steps that are > self-contained and reusable, particularly where features intersect. > What approaches do people use to achieve this? > > (Maybe a better question is, do people bother? One of the things I like > about story-runner is the way I'm building a DSL for integration testing > my application, but should I just write the scenario I need, write the > steps to make it run and forget about reusing steps?) > > As an example of where I'm having trouble, say I'm writing a blog (since > it's the Web 2.0 version of Hello World), so I have posts and comments. > I want to write a scenario something like > > ---- > Given a post > And some comments for the post > When I view the post > Then I should see the comments > ---- > > How do I tell the "Given some comments" step which post to attach the > comments to? > > I can do it by having "Given a post" set a @post instance variable and > having "Given some comments" use that, but it feels like global > variables all over again. My steps (probably in different files) are > coupled via the @post instance variable, and other steps can clobber it, > and if I forget to clear it I might pollute later steps, and if I want > to refer to more than one post (@post1, @post2) I have to rewrite all my > steps... > > I noticed a little note on the Cucumber wiki > (http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/wikis/home) explicitly > advising against using @variables for this, I'm guessing for these > reasons. > > I could avoid the first issue by combining the top two steps into "Given > a post with some comments" but then I still have the problem of which > post "When I view the post" should GET. Maybe "When I view a post with > comments"...? > > Any advice, criticism or sympathy appreciated :) > -- > Sam > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > -- Zach Dennis http://www.continuousthinking.com http://www.mutuallyhuman.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
