On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:17 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> i am having some issues around ruby-debug and rspec for rails3 so i > was doing a google search for a solution and came across this thread. > i'm sorry I couldn't miss your thoughts on rppec vs cucumber and don't > wanna play smarty pants here, i just think you cannot replace rppec > with cucumber because they are different tools really for different > purposes. > I am new to both rspec and cucumber and still feeling my way. But at least for my current app what I am finding is that by starting with Cucumber, I cover the user experience pretty well, then just write specs as I write models, etc. But the confidence I have in my app is higher and also I am seeing (so far) that my focus is better. Maybe in a few weeks I can let you know but I am finding that if I have good cucumber coverage I feel less compulsive about the lower level test coverage and save time and effort on this. Of course, if I am writing a safety critical or highly sensitive component of course I would throw all the lower level stuff at it too. Just some thoughts from where I am currently. > > i am also using cucumber for testing my projects' integrity - hence > cucumber is for integration testing! - but also not lazy to write > specs for my controller tests. i found that writing unit tests with > I did for a bit write controller specs but they got overwhelming and I decided based on the 80/20 principle to just trust my cucumber results. Maybe I am wrong... time will tell :) But I don't disagree with your point, I think it probably goes back to what it is you want to test. I actually changed my method of handling roles so that I could test the class using rspec on the model, that made me feel that although I could perhaps find some problems writing controller specs, it would be diminishing returns. > rspec helps a lot while your project codebase grows and allows you to > identify failing scenarios much easier. i am also trying to be as > explicit in my tests as i can, covering edge cases etc. > > i would not use rspec with integrated views - never been a big fan of > that - but would definitely keep writing unit tests with rspec2 and > cover integration testing with cucumber. > > -- Attila > > On Sep 13, 6:49 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > > David Kahn wrote: > > > Ok, now I found if I add *require 'ruby-debug'* in the spec itself > > > the > > > debugger invokes. However.... > > > > > It is useless. I get a breakpoint in my controller but have no access > to > > > anything I want: > > > > > > ../Users/DK/Documents/ror/projects/wavelineup3/app/controllers/user_session > s_controller.rb:14 > > > respond_to do |format| > > > (rdb:1) @user_session > > > *** Unknown command: "@user_session". Try "help". > > > (rdb:1) self > > > *** Unknown command: "self". Try "help". > > > (rdb:1) params > > > *** Unknown command: "params". Try "help". > > > (rdb:1) > > > > Perhaps auto-eval is turned off in the debugger. Try typing "p > > @user_session" instead of "@user_session". > > > > And why are you using RSpec specs for your controllers, anyway? > > Cucumber stories are better for that. RSpec is better for model logic. > > > > > > > > > So, how does one go about debugging their tests, or rather specs, in > > > rspec? > > > > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- 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.
