My vote is to extract to a external gem. It's fine if you like fixtures, but it's fine if you like factories too.
I think the benefit of release cycle decoupled from rails will be valuable. What are the downsides? On Friday, July 6, 2012 8:38:01 AM UTC-3, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote: > > One of the reasons I prefer factories over fixtures is that my tests > express better. > > login_user = Factory.create :user > login_as login_user > ... > > In this case, someone reading this test knows that it only matters that a > user is being created. It shouldn't have any special attributes. > > But if I do something like this: > > login_user = Factory.create :user, name: 'Rodrigo' > > Then I know that the name attribute of the user is relevant for that test. > > Another reason is that I only load the records needed by my tests, not > lots of unrelated data that could have some side effect on the tests. > > Best, > Rodrigo. > > Em 05-07-2012 16:50, DHH escreveu: > > 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/-/sSPxmtI65L4J. 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.
