I continue to use and love fixtures. I don't see them going anywhere. I've been entirely unconvinced by all the factory approaches I've seen so far.
But I'm always willing to look at good before/after code if someone wants to pitch this further. On Thursday, July 5, 2012 1:48:45 PM UTC-5, Olek Janiszewski wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I've noticed the trend of trimming the fat from Rails in preparation for > version 4 (which I appreciate). > > Do you think it'd make sense to also remove the test fixtures engine from > Rails 4? From what I've seen, it's now more common to use more advanced > solutions, with FactoryGirl leading the pack, and it's usually more > practical to use Ruby to define fixtures, rather than YAML. > > More specifically: > > - would the core team approve of such effort? > - how much work would it mean? > - (related) how tightly are fixtures actually used within Rails' tests? > > It's hard to me to estimate the overall value/cost ratio, but if it's high > enough, I'd be willing to take a shot at it. > > -- > Bye, > Olek Janiszewski (exviva) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-core/-/d6pKrq-tgAUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
