On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > Functional tests and fixtures (which I gather you're using from a later > post) are two Rails features that are best avoided entirely.
Page 224 of Agile Web Development with Rails, 3rd Edition by Dave Thomas, DHH, and Sam Ruby seems to disagree with you entirely. > Instead of functional tests, use Cucumber features. > > Instead of fixtures, use factories. > > Your life will be a lot easier. I've tried those and I see no good reason to replace what comes with Rails and works great already. I wouldn't give you two cents for Factory Girl, Cucumber, Webrat and the like. They're all just academic masturbation. -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.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.
