Brandon Olivares wrote:
So is this necessarily bad? I've heard it's not always good to reduce
duplication in tests, but it just seems much preferable than copy/paste.
Refactor production code (while passing the tests after each edit) to make it as
DRY as possible. This _typically_ means dupli
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> >> Can you please post specific examples of the use of these so we
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Brandon Olivares wrote:
Oh, and that described_class trick is great; thanks for showing me that.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AbstractTest ?
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> >> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:10 AM
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> >> Can you please post specific examples of the use of these so we
> don't
> >> hav
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>> Subject: Re: [rspec-users] Eliminating duplication from tests
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>> Can you please post specific examples of the use of these so we don't
>> have to talk in generalities?
>
> Sure, here is something I just wrote.
>
> def assert_route
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> boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of David Chelimsky
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Brandon Olivares
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lately I've found myself trying to reduce typing as much as possible, so
> when I have a lot of tests that only differ in a few variables, I tend to
> abstract them to reduce typing.
abstract or extract? I think you mean extract.
Hi,
Lately I've found myself trying to reduce typing as much as possible, so
when I have a lot of tests that only differ in a few variables, I tend to
abstract them to reduce typing.
For instance, I have an assert_form_errors method that I call within a
describe block to ensure the proper errors
