Hi Steve, I likely would only write two scenarios, one for a valid date and one for an invalid one. Then I would write object-level specs to determine what a valid date is. Extract this to a validator that you can reuse throughout your model.
If it's important that you write features for each potential invalid date format (because you want to communicate them with the customer) then I would write a feature file similar to what you show...but it would be focused only on the date, I wouldn't mention patients or incidents at all. Date entry seems to be an important concept in your application, so I would write one feature that specifies how I expect date entry to work, and then I can just write valid/invalid dates for patient and incident features. Same idea as the first paragraph, but using features instead of specs. Pat "Steve Molitor" <stevemoli...@gmail.com> writes: > Thanks -- that gets me closer. Here's an example. Let's say I have two > features, 'Create new patient' and 'Create new incident'. To > create a new patient you have to enter a valid birth date. To create a new > patient you must enter a valid birth date. To create a new > incident you must enter a valid incident date. The rules for date entry are > the same: > > Feature: Date entry > > Scenario: Invalid month > When I fill in the date value with "13/01/2000" > I should see "Invalid date..." > > Scenario: Invalid year (not 4 digits) > When I fill in the date value with "13/01/00" > I should see "Invalid date..." > > Scenario: Separate with slashes (ok) > When I fill in the date value with "01/13/2000" > I should see "valid date..." > > Scenario: Separate with dashes (ok) > When I fill in the date value with "01-13-2000" > I should see "valid date..." > > .... etc.... > > Given the above, how should I write the 'create new patient' and 'create new > incident' features? I don't want to copy and paste all the > date related scenarios, but I do want to specify (and test) that the patient > birth date and incident date fields conform to the general date > rules. Here's how the 'create new patient' and 'create new incident' > features would look with some copy and pasting: > > Feature: Create new Patient > > Scenario: Enter invalid birth date > Given I fill in "birth date" with "13/01/2000" > And I fill in "patient name" with "Sam Smith" > When I press "Save" > I should see "Invalid birth date '13/01/2000'" > > Scenario: Enter valid birth date, valid name > Given I fill in "birth date" with "01/13/2000" > And I fill in "patient name" with "Sam Smith" > When I press "Save" > I should see "Patient Created Successfully" > > Scenario: Enter valid birth date with dashses..... > ------- > > Feature: Create new Incident > > Scenario: Enter invalid incident date > Given I fill in "incident" with "13/01/2000" > And I fill in "supervisor" with "Sam Smith" > When I press "Save" > I should see "Invalid incident date '13/01/2000'" > > Scenario: Enter valid incident date, valid supervisor > Given I fill in "incident date" with "01/13/2000" > And I fill in "supervisor" with "Sam Smith" > When I press "Save" > I should see "Incident Created Successfully" > > Scenario: Enter valid incident date with dashes.... > ----- > > Am I making sense? I want to specify the date in the features, as there may > be extra requirements like birth dates can not be in the future > in addition to the generic date requirements. And I want to validate that > the form checks for valid dates, displays the appropriate error > message when invalid, and uses the common rules for parsing. But I don't > want to copy and paste those scenarios in every feature. I think > reusing steps as you mention is probably the solution but I'm stuck on how to > word it and put it together in my case. > > Steve > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Matt Wynne <m...@mattwynne.net> wrote: > > On 13 Dec 2008, at 20:58, Steve Molitor wrote: > > What's the best way to handle a requirement that shows up as a > sub-requirement requirement in other features? For example let's say > users can enter dates in various forms throughout my application. > There is one set of global rules specifying the formats in which > dates may be entered, and how they are interpreted. I put that in > one feature. In various other features, like 'Create new > patient', one can enter dates, like the patient's birth date. I want > to do something like 'and the date entry shall follow the > normal rules' but I'm not sure how to do that in an example driven > way, without copying and pasting from other features. > > Does my question make sense? Any suggestions? > > Do you know that you can call steps within steps? > http://blog.mattwynne.net/2008/11/14/dry-up-your-cucumber-steps/ > > Is that what you're looking for? > > Matt Wynne > http://blog.mattwynne.net > http://www.songkick.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
