On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:42 AM, DyingToLearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Here is the short version of my question: > For stories, is webrat the way to go? How many of you use webrat? How > many don't? >
I use it and love it. When it doesn't do what I need (rarely) it's trivial to drop down an abstraction level and do request/response stuff. Webrat doesn't replace the standard Rails integration API - it just adds a higher level abstraction level on top. So there is no risk involved. > Here is the long version: > I have been writing specs for some time now. I have noticed that once > I learned how to write specs (both the syntax and the techniques) it > made my development much faster and more reliable. However, while I > was learning my development was painfully slow. So far it seems to be > the same with stories. > > >From the recent posts I've seen on this mailing list, it looks like I > should focus my efforts on learning cucumber instead of the built-in > story runner. It is mostly compatible with what is already in RSpec, > and it has some good extra features. Do you generally agree with that? > I would say I agree, but I am obviously biased. > What I am confused about, is whether or not I should learn webrat. It > looks great in theory, and I've see it mentioned a few times. But I > haven't seen a wide-spread move towards it. On top of that, the first > time I looked at it I got rather confused. > > The reason I ask (instead of just trying it for myself) is that I'm > the only developer on most of the projects I work on, so I can't > afford a huge drop in productivity. And if my efforts learning to > write specs are much of a guideline, it will probably take me 3-4 > weeks to get comfortable with writing stories. > If you already know RSpec I think you'd pick it up faster. Cucumber has some documentation that might be helpful: http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/wikis/ruby-on-rails Hopefully the generators should be helpful for newbies. Cheers, Aslak > I know I need to learn this, so I want to focus my efforts where I > will get the most return on my time. > > Thanks > > PS. I am REALLY looking forward to the RSpec book! > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
