Isn't there redundancy between what is in your stories and your specs? Or are your stories at a higher level and the specs are at a lower level? That would make more sense to me. There would be some cross over. but the specs expand on what is in the stories....
> Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:21:47 -0500 > From: "Andrew WC Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [rspec-users] Specs versus Stories > To: rspec-users <rspec-users@rubyforge.org> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > My workflow is the following: > Stories->Spec Views->Spec Controllers-Spec Models > > I'll write a few stories of what I think should it happen. > Then I'll write my specs of what should show (and also do some > static html > page mockups) > Then I'll spec my controllers and models > I'll go back to my stories to see if they need adjusting because my > perceptive of how the app changed > Then I run my stories and make them pass. > > Then I write a few stories and repeat. > > I constantly step move back and forth. > I think Stories and BDD greatly assists you to shape your idea. > Write stories for what you can think of and then move on to specing. > You don't need complete stories you can also go back and fill them > in later. > > On Feb 18, 2008 2:57 AM, Victor Asteinza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am new to BDD and have been doing some reading and playing with >> rSpec. I am a little confused. I am not sure what the best practice >> for using stories and specs. Should I be writing stories first, then >> specs that would fulfill those stories, and then write the >> implementation code to have everything pass? At first that seems a >> little redundant. >> >> I understand that the stories let you write the behavior in plane >> English, which I can see it being useful when dealing with non >> technical users. But if I am developing an internal app I am >> struggling with whether I should develop the stories first and then >> move on to the specs. >> >> Opinions? Experiences? >> >> Thanks, >> Victor >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
