Thanks for the tips. I just got the beta version Pragmatic Bookshelf Rspec and am working through it now.
On Sep 27, 4:29 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote: > drewB wrote: > > I am attempting to use Test Driven Development for the first time and > > was hoping for a little advice. > > Great! Give serious consideration to rSpec, if you haven't already, and > completely avoid Rails' fixtures (use Machinist or similar instead). > > > I am just starting a new section of > > the website that will ultimately contain a couple controllers and > > about 6 models. > > You haven't written tests yet. You don't really know how many of either > it will contain. Don't do this level of design before writing tests. > > > If I am going to write my tests before any code, I > > need to decide whether to start writing test with the models or the > > controllers. Do I write the test for the models and in the course of > > writing the code that will make them succeed build the models or > > should I start with the models, get them all working and then move on > > to the controllers? My guess is you can do it either way but I > > thought perhaps some folks who have worked in TDD environments might > > have some wisdom to share. > > You certainly can do it either way. I think in most cases, I would try > to start by writing Cucumber features to establish how the application > should present itself to the user, then write whatever classes (and unit > tests) prove necessary to implement those features. > > > > > Thanks! > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
