On 9/5/07, sudara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I'm just a caveman with some caveman questions.
>
> I've been parsing Rspec for quite a while, and I'm writing my first series
> of specs. My initial impressions are "Verbose, but understandable. Helpful
> and intuitive, but so much to digest." I want to congratulate the folks who
> are dedicating a chunk of their lives to writing this, and ask 2 caveman
> questions
>
> My first is "Why lambda in rpsec"? It doesn't strike me as "reads like
> english" or "easily understandable." I understand it's place in ruby (um,
> kind of :), but my thinking is:
>
> lambda { do_something_risky }.should raise_error
>
> would be more understandable (and fun!) written as:
>
> running { something_risky }.should raise_errorThat's a great idea. Why don't you add it to the tracker: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group_id=797 > > My second question is: For those folks who are getting up to speed with ruby > and rails AND digesting rspec along the way, there is a lot of incoming DSL. > As I started with rails before rspec, I found myself using script/console to > check my code, poking at different ways of expressing myself with ruby. > > Is there a way to "poke at my specs"? I can load up my test environment, but > can I spec things "live" so that I can find out what works and what doesn't? > I find I'm wasting a chunk of time (as I don't have the DSL even 60% down) > writing specs and getting it wrong. Am I missing a trick, or I.should_have > dsl_down_before_trying.else_return(crying)? irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems' => true irb(main):002:0> require 'spec' => true irb(main):003:0> include Spec::Matchers => Object irb(main):004:0> 5.should == 5 => nil irb(main):005:0> 5.should be < 4 Spec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError: expected < 4, got 5 Cheers, David > > um, thanks for any potential caveman responses - the more caveman > (pragmatic) the better. > > sudara > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Caveman-Questions-tf4384357.html#a12498949 > Sent from the rspec-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
