On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:32 AM, Ashley Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 27, 2008, at 5:20 pm, Pat Maddox wrote: > >> When it comes to controllers specs, mocks provide the most value by >> isolating from the model and db - the specs run faster, and you don't >> have to worry about model validations. But if you minimize controller >> logic, you can write acceptance tests that give you confidence that >> your controllers work, and then controller specs become unnecessary >> overhead. > > > What's the consensus here then, controller specs yay or nay? > > 1 nay from Pat > > 1 act of fence sitting from me...
I think the nay from Pat was conditional, as it should be. I think the answer is: if you have to ask, then you should use them :) Otherwise, don't use them when you feel confident that you don't need them. FWIW, David > > Ashley > > -- > http://www.patchspace.co.uk/ > http://aviewfromafar.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
