I have decided that for now I am going to use the authlogic gem to provide authentication for the project I am creating. The question arises, since authentication is a user feature request and since it is to be satisfied through the use of a gem (not a plugin) then should one test for the availability of the gem or not?
Secondly, given that a gem is providing the authentication logic (and is not my code which therefore should not be tested by me) then what should one test for with respect to the specific implementation? The existence of particular attributes? The existence of a users model? Does one write step definitions (assuming rspec) like: When /users are authenticated/ do #TODO: This does not work even when the model class exists. User.should exist end When /authentication by authlogic/ do #TODO: Find out how to test for a loaded gem within an application end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
