On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Corey Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:16 AM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > The reason that I want to do this is that I want to give our > > > designer/business people a way to write stories to describe their user > > > interface while they work on the prototype, then give us the stories to > help > > > us integrate their prototypes more safely. > > > > So you're hoping they'll use the stories and get them to pass against > > the views as they evolve? > > > > > > Yeah. I'd like to have them use the stories against the mockups they build, > then we move the stories to the live app as we integrate their changes. > These are just some initial thoughts I've had, so I'm always open to > alternate ideas. > > One option I thought about was to use pages that don't have any > functionality behind them (other than perhaps some basic navigation), then > they could design their mockups against these. As we integrate their designs > in, we can start adding functionality behind it. This seems more in line > with (perhaps one of) the original ideas for stories. > > > > > > > > I realize that I could use examples for this, but I was hoping to use > > > stories. > > > > There's really no support for this as it stands. Not sure if I'd want > > that to change. Other opinions? > > >
This feels like a square peg in a round hole type of situation. It doesn't seem like in practice this works very well: Given a user <where?> When they <do something> Then they see <what?> In isolation the Given/When/Then don't make as much sense because you can't do anything, you don't go anywhere and the Given/When/Then make less sense in the context of isolation. It also seems to muddy the definition of a story. All in all it just feels kind of funny. +1 for keeping view specs act as view specs and stories act as stories. -- Zach Dennis http://www.continuousthinking.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
