On 29 November 2010 20:58, Steve Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Colin Law wrote in post #964874: >> On 29 November 2010 17:48, Steve Mills <[email protected]> wrote: >>> [...] >>> Following the book, and creating my own project, I don't encounter this >>> problem. But I do encounter a serious problem on "test functionals" >>> where the db tables are created, seeded, and then promptly dropped prior >>> to the first test running so all the tests fail. The application itself >>> works fine. >> >> Are you using fixtures? I think most now would advise against >> fixtures, suggesting factories instead. See >> http://railscasts.com/episodes/158-factories-not-fixtures for example. >> So if you can't get fixtures to work (or even if you can) then forget >> them and move to something better. >> >> Colin > > Thanks Colin. I'll take that on board. Yes, the Agile book's tutorial > uses fixtures and that's what I think caused the original problem. > Trouble is, I'm trying to learn Rails and I'm using this book as my > tutor. Can't run before walking I guess. > > I'll follow the link and see if I can understand how to keep on > following the tutorials but switch to factories. :)
The tutorial at http://railstutorial.org/ is good and uses factories and rspec if I remember correctly. I think you can buy the book or work through it online for free. Colin Colin -- 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.
